Labour begins backpedalling on blanket 20mph speed limit Responding to Vaughan Gething promising a review of the controversial 20mph blanket policy, Natasha Asghar MS, Shadow Transport Minister, said: “Labour have continued with their blanket 20mph policy and chosen to ignore the Welsh public from day one. “The Welsh public are rejecting this policy wholesale and…
Responding to calls for the Welsh Government to rethink plans to cut rates relief from 75% to 40%, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives said: “It’s understandable that businesses across Wales are concerned about the draft budget proposals on business rates relief. “Local businesses are a huge part of their communities, paying…
A McDonald’s bought by a thief using the victim’s card led to his arrest. Jason Jones, 38 has been jailed for four years after a burglary in the early hours of 3 June 2023, when he entered the victim’s home in Church Village while the victim was sleeping. Whilst inside, Jones stole an array of…
Commenting on the junior doctor strike action, Russell George MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “The people of Wales will share my frustration at the severe disruption caused by strike action in Labour-run Wales when we already have the longest waits for treatment in the UK. “In Conservative-run England, junior doctors have been offered…
The Council has provided an update on the ongoing programme of work to improve local bus stops along several key routes in the Aberdare area, using funding secured from Welsh Government. Local Transport Fund allocations for 2023/24 were announced in September 2023, and the Council was successful in securing around £200,000 funding for bus stop…
