Welsh councils have revealed a 20% increase in the number of employees taking stress-related leave. A freedom of information (FOI) request submitted by Welsh Conservatives shows that in 2016/17, a combined 6,836 local authority staff members took sick leave because of stress, compared to 5,706 in 2014/15. The year-on-year rise is 14%, with 2015/16 having…
The First Minister’s use of a government mobile phone has been called into question by Welsh Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies – with Carwyn Jones potentially admitting he has broken the Ministerial Code. In an answer to a Written Assembly Question, Carwyn Jones, refused to answer whether he has ever used a government-issued, taxpayer-funded…
Wales’ government should stop ‘hectoring’ councils and apologise for its past approach to reforming the sector, the local government minister said as he outlined a new approach. The Welsh government has attempted to reduce the number of councils in recent years. However, opposition to mergers in 2016 led to this being abandoned. Alun Davies, the…
A road between the Rhondda and Cynon Valleys will be closed while Natural Resources Wales (NRW) contractors carry out tree felling. The road, from Brynffynnon Public House to Pleasant View, Llanwynno, will be closed from 26 February to 6 May. A diversion has been put in place. The operation is focussed on the…
RHONDDA CYNON TAFF COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL (CILHAUL TERRACE / LLANWONNO ROAD, MOUNTAIN ASH) (SPEED LIMIT) ORDER 2018 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council have made an Order under Sections 81, 82, 83 and 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act and of all other enabling…
