2022

Gordon Brown has published his Commission on the UK’s Future report as part of its 40-point plan, the recommendation of further devolution to The Welsh Parliament. Commenting on the report, Shadow Minister for the Constitution, Darren Millar MS said: “There is no great public appetite in Wales for further powers to be devolved to the…

Russell George MS is the Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister With this being my last column of 2022, I think it may be wise to look back at the NHS this year and what the next has in store for us. Sadly, 2022 may very well go down on record as the NHS’s worst year,…

After postponing planned visits to Prince Charles Hospital due to pandemic pressures, the Health Board and its main contractors, Tilbury Douglas were pleased to welcome Councillor Geraint Thomas, Leader of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Councillor Declan Sammon, Mayor of Merthyr Tydfil to Prince Charles Hospital earlier this month.  The group spent an informative…

Have your say on the future of the Community Meals Service A public consultation about the future of the Community Meals Service is now underway – after Cabinet agreed to consult on a preferred option to retain the service with a renewed delivery model.  Cabinet Members considered a report which put forward four options for…

Ahead of International Volunteer Day (December 5, 2022) Save the Children celebrates the contribution and commitment of Mrs Shirley Fleming from Aberdare as she marks 60 years of volunteering for the charity. Eighty-seven-year-old Shirley is the President of the Aberdare branch, one of the oldest Save the Children branches in the UK established in 1954….

Welcome Our proposals will deliver a multi-million-pound investment into Aberaman, Aberdare. The site is currently occupied by What! Stores Aberaman. This would be sub-divided / halved to accommodate its continued operation alongside the new Aldi store. As we are sharing the site with What! Stores Aberaman we will be refurbishing and redeveloping the site to…

It is not in the public interest to inform locations of dangerous coal tips that remain a legacy left by the National Coal Board in our valleys say the undemocratic Welsh Labour Government. With Labour, a large majority and the continued backing of Plaid Cymru Labour can do as it likes and you the public…

Figures uncovered by the Welsh Conservatives have revealed the crisis at the heart of Welsh A&E departments as every single one failed to meet safe staffing levels. According to Freedom of Information requests made to Wales’ health boards, all its major hospitals are falling well short of the recommended ‘baseline’ for staffing levels in emergency…

Today, the Labour Government blocked a Welsh Conservative-led attempt to create a special Senedd committee to investigate areas of the Labour Government’s response to the pandemic that is not covered in the UK-wide inquiry. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “It is incredible that Labour has again blocked attempts to impose…

Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister Russell George MS said: “It is disappointing to see some unions vote to strike meaning we will see ambulance service staff stop working during the winter. “But let there be no doubt that, in Wales, it was the pay offer of the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay that was…