Loan agreement is Danske Bank’s first housing association deal in Wales Newydd Housing Association, with more than 900 homes in Rhondda Cynon Taff, is set to undertake a significant programme of investment in existing and new homes in mid and south Wales after agreeing a new £45m funding package with Danske Bank. The structured loan…
The Council are pleased to announce the launch of our very own RCT Schools Eco Award. The launch event took place at Pontypridd High School on Friday October 6th attended by Councillor Lewis (Cabinet Member for Education, Youth Participation and Welsh Language) and Councillor Leyshon (Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Corporate Services). Here Members…
The Bevan Commission has announced the winners of the Bevan Young Future Thinkers Awards,recognising outstanding contributions to health and well-being in Welsh schools. The awards werepresented by Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, at the Bevan Commission’slandmark conference, The Tipping Point: Where next for health and care?.The Bevan Young Future Thinkers Award, in partnership…
Commenting following his exchange with Mark Drakeford today at First Minister’s Questions, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies MS said: Mark Drakeford failed to give a straight answer “When it comes to the Welsh A&E reporting scandal, Labour’s story keeps changing. Mark Drakeford failed to give a straight answer and Welsh patients urgently…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW), STEM Learning UK and Techniques are offering free training and a £165 bursary for educators to understand the environmental, social and economic importance of Welsh watercourses this November. The training, “Enviro CSI – From crime scene to courtroom: Who’s committed the enviro crime, and can you ensure they do time?” brings…
Local Communities: Putting Democratic Resilience at the Forefront RCT Council is comprised of 75 Elected Councillors who set the overall policies and budget for the Council as outlined below? The Council has a Cabinet which is made up of just 9 Executive Members (Councillors) who are responsible for creating policies and making key decisions on the way…
The First Minister established the Commission to investigate sustainable ways to tacklecongestion on the M4 in South East Wales. This report sets out our final recommendations. Our work began with an analysis of traffic on the motorway. This led us to the three ‘fasttrack’ recommendations we put forward last December, each designed to improve M4…
Commenting on the news that £325,000 in payments will be received by the Museum Wales ex-director general David Anderson including £50,000 in compensation for “injury to his feelings”, Welsh Conservative Shadow Culture Minister, Tom Giffard MS said: “Welsh taxpayers will be rightly furious at the colossal settlement provided to Mr Anderson and the seemingly ridiculous…
Commenting on the news that the true picture of A&E waiting times in Labour-run Wales has been seriously and deliberately under-reported for a decade due to so-called ‘breach exemptions’, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “I would like to commend the Royal College of Emergency Medicine for uncovering this deliberate under-reporting of…
This recycling week (16th-22rd October) we’re asking residents to join the national campaign ‘The BIG RECYCLING HUNT’ and the Wales Recycle campaign to ‘BE MIGHTY, RECYCLE’ for RCT! Both campaigns aim to make us all stop and think about the items that we can and should all be recycling. The national campaign looks at the items…
