As of 31 March 2021, the Council had £171.3 million of useable financial reserves. This is the Audit of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s 2020-21 Accounts. The County Borough has 27 (18%) out of its 154 areas deemed the most deprived 10% of areasin Wales, this is the joint-third highest of the 22 unitary councils in Wales. Rhondda Cynon Taf’s population…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet has been awarded its Autism Aware certification after Cabinet Members successfully completed the training scheme. Councillor Maureen Webber, Deputy Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, said: ““I am proud that Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Cabinet has been the first in Wales to achieve this Autism Aware certification, and…
The Devolved Welsh Government run by the Labour Party in Cardiff Bay has placed a block on improving Wales highway infrastructure including the Aberdare Bypass, The decitions that have been coming out of the Welsh Parliament in the last few years is sending a clear message that one section of the Labour Party in Wales…
More of your money for even more consultants when will The Election Special Aberdare to Hirwaun Rail Line be completed? Back in 2009, this was the headline on WalesOnline “Full steam ahead for Hirwaun to Aberdare line” 13 years have passed and more coal is required to keep the steam going. AberdareOnline named the…
AberdareOnline and Clear South Wales Coal Tips have been trying to get Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and the Welsh Government to publish where all the dangers coal tips are within Rhondda Cynon Taf, RCT Council has essentially said, because of the ongoing work involved with the coal tips they will not release any information on the…
The Court of Appeal has overturned lower court rulings that diminution in value in Japanese knotweed cases is irrecoverable economic loss and ordered a council in Wales to pay £4,900 in damages to a property owner. The appellant in Davies v Bridgend County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 80) purchased a house in Nant-y-moel in 2004 as…
ALL-FEMALE BILINGUAL MUSICAL PRESENTS A SLICE OF WELSH HISTORY: TIC TOC CELEBRATES TRUE TALES OF HEROISM, FRIENDSHIP & A FIGHT FOR EQUALITY FROM THE FACTORY FLOOR; WITH A LIVE BAND TRANSPORTING AUDIENCES TO THE FEEL-GOOD, SWINGING SIXTIES Pan-Wales Tour February 23 – March 25, 2023 Writer and director Valmai Jones Composer & musical director Catrin Edwards A formidable female…
DVSA’s official publisher, The Stationery Office (TSO), is launching an updated version of the theory test kit app. The app is a great resource to help your pupils learn The Highway Code and prepare for their theory test. It’s available to download on both Android and iOS devices. What’s new The updated app includes: The app…
Care Inspectorate Wales. (CIW) has published a letter summarising the findings of their local authority improvement check on Bridgend County Borough Council Children’s Services, which took place between 21 and 24 November 2022 CIW conducted this improvement check to review the progress made by the local authority in relation to the areas for improvement identified during a…
Commenting on his exchange in the Senedd today during questions to the Minister for Finance, Welsh Conservative Shadow Finance Minister, Peter Fox MS said: “Today I asked the Labour Minister for Finance for some clarity on where the money was coming from to put forward new, supposedly unaffordable pay offers for our teachers and NHS…
