23 October 2018

The Welsh Government is under pressure to review its local government funding formula following questions by the Leader of the Welsh Conservatives. During First Minister’s questions Paul Davies highlighted the inconsistencies of funding between North and South Wales authorities, and between Labour/Non-Labour run authorities, as two of the core factors that made the formula ‘fundamentally…

The Council’s Planning and Development Committee has granted full planning permission for a pedestrian footbridge across the River Taff in Pontypridd, to link the flagship Taff Vale redevelopment with Ynysangharad War Memorial Park. Taff Vale is a vital strategic scheme in the heart of Pontypridd, to revitalise a derelict site at the gateway to the…