Following the publication of the Independent Maternity Services Oversite Panel’s April 2022 Progress Report, Welsh Conservatives say that more needs to be done. The April 2022 Progress Report found that, while there have been positive developments in all of the 19 areas identified by the neonatal deep-dive review requiring immediate action, only five of the 19 areas…
The Council is pleased to confirm that it has been working closely with the Cardiff Capital Region to secure funding to install public-use EV charging points at 31 car park sites across Rhondda Cynon Taf, to be installed throughout this year. Tackling climate change is a priority issue for the Council, which has committed to…
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is delighted to announce the Minor Injuries Unit (known as the MIU) will reopen at Ysbyty Cwm Cynon (YCC) from next week, (Tuesday May 24). It will be a phased reopening, for two mornings a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) between 09:00 and 11:00. This will increase to three mornings a…
Tir Founder Fields before the Persimmon Development. Weather or not this will apply to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council remains to be seen, the RCRC development in Robertstown of industrial units constructed on the floodplain the new Lidl store on the Aberaman on the floodplain not forgetting the Persimmon development Tefounder Fields a major development A Rhondda…
Another dire month for Labour-run NHS Wales experienced its third worst-ever month for A&E waiting times and ambulance waiting times in April, while NHS treatment list continues to reach record heights for the 23rd month in a row. Latest Welsh NHS data for March showed the highest ever number of patients waiting for treatment…
Responding to the urgent challenges presented by Covid-19, the Planned Care Innovation Programme is supporting people working in the health and care sector to take forward innovative ideas, opportunities, and ways of working to improve planned care services across Wales. Led by the Bevan Commission, Wales’ leading health and care think tank (hosted and supported…
Revised sentencing guidelines for domestic, non-domestic and aggravated burglary offences in England and Wales, which come into effect on 1 July 2022, were published today by the Sentencing Council following consultation. The revised guidelines follow the newer stepped format of more recent guidelines issued by the Council and introduce new middle categories for both culpability and harm factors. This gives…
Welsh Conservatives welcome the announcement that the First Minister will be chairing a summit on the issue of phosphates and building on flood plains. The news was announced by the Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS, in her response to a question by the Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, Samuel Kurtz MS. However, questions…
Welsh Conservatives have slammed Labour’s poor record on addressing fuel poverty, following the news that an inquiry into Labour’s £360 million Warm Homes Programme lacked “scale, size and purpose.” Concerningly, almost half of the households that benefitted from a Nest Energy Improvement package in 2020 did not live in fuel poverty. While squandering this money, Labour failed…
The Council has now appointed a contractor to deliver the A4119 dualling scheme from Coed Ely to Ynysmaerdy – and can confirm that the main construction phase is on course to start on site in late summer 2022. The A4119 project is a major transportation scheme to improve connectivity and encourage economic activity into the…
