May 2022

Welsh Conservative comment on Senedd reform announcement Labour and Plaid Cymru have announced their plans to increase the number of Senedd Members from 60 to 96. Welsh Conservative leader, Andrew RT Davies MS, said: “Wales does not need more politicians in Cardiff Bay – we need more teachers, doctors, dentists, and nurses. “With residents across…

A Rhondda Cynon Taf primary school is celebrating having been crowned the Best Breakfast Club in Wales. Staff and learners at Rhigos Primary School are delighted with the news and have been invited to attend the Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards in London on June 21 to collect their special award and the £1,000 prize money…

Only one-in-fifty (2%) people fully understand their rights when it comes to anti-social behaviour, a new YouGov survey has revealed. The Community Trigger – also known as the anti-social behaviour (ASB) case review – gives people the right to request a multi-agency review of their case if they feel their complaints about anti-social behaviour have…

An operation to tackle antisocial behaviour and crime in #Aberdare town centre has been launched by South Wales Police and its partners. The first phase of Operation Bunting took place over the Bank Holiday weekend between 29th April and 2nd May. Ten people were stopped and searched and three of those were found to be…

Cardiff Council has received a community resolution order, evading a prosecution after failing to obtain a licence before destroying a known habitat for dormice. The council carried out the work at the Northern Meadows site, which was to the European Protected Species (EPS), in Whitchurch in 2021.  The meadow was cleared, and fruit trees were…

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) does not permit aggregation of the separate public interests in favour of maintaining different exemptions when weighing the maintenance of the exemptions against the public interest which favours disclosure of the information sought, the Upper Tribunal has ruled. The appeal in Montague v The Information Commissioner and Department for…

Lawyers and Road Traffic Police teams will complete a ‘poignant’ static relay for RoadPeace’s Andy Cox Challenge 2022 Top 100 UK law firm, Hugh James, and staff from South Wales Police traffic teams are gearing up to complete a static relay to support the Andy Cox Challenge 2022 – a high-profile fundraising event organised by RoadPeace,…

A group that represents more than 5,000 parents and grandparents in Wales are taking the Welsh Government to the High Court in an attempt to remove Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) from the mandatory element of The Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 which starts this September. Public Child Protection Wales (PCPW) claims that the…

Quality of life for residents in many parts of Wales has barely improved under successive Labour Governments over the last two decades. Since Labour started running the show in Wales, council tax has shot up by nearly 200% – adding £900 to the average household bill. That is a result of the historic underfunding of…