With residents across Wales facing an average council tax hike of 5.5%, whilst councils are holding around £2.75bn in useable reserves, in the Senedd yesterday, the Welsh Conservatives held an opposition debate calling for council tax to be kept as low as possible. Shadow Local Government Minister Commenting after the debate, Welsh Conservative Shadow Local…
A Blue Plaque in memory of Welsh sports administrator and keep fit leader Jenny Jones has been unveiled at Morlais Hall, Ferndale. Jenny Jones was secretary of the South Wales Keep Fit Association in 1956, secretary and development officer of the Sports Council for Wales in 1975, representing Keep Fit Wales and was also responsible…
The first dates for the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Services (EMRTS Cymru) engagement sessions have been announced by the Chief Ambulance Services Commissioner (CASC), responsible for leading the all-Wales engagement process. The formal public engagement process, in relation to EMRTS Cymru who work in partnership with the Wales Air Ambulance Charity, has started this…
Cabinet has approved a £5.808m programme of maintenance, general works and repairs across local schools next year – as well as details of additional school improvements using separate £4.052m Welsh Government funding. Each year, the Council delivers important enhancements across its schools to ensure the buildings remain safe, watertight and warm – with much of…
