On 2 May 2024, you can vote for a new Police and Crime Commissioner is this a meaningless section of management policing added to the already overstaffed police management system? Are the Police better run with a Police and Crime Commissioner or is it just pen-pushing jobs for the girls/boys? PCCs aim to cut crime…
Responding to a press release from Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Natasha Asghar MS, Shadow Transport Minister, said: “Whilst I am waiting with bated breath to hear the Cabinet Secretary outline is transport priorities, I fear all this talk of changes to the government’s flawed 20mph scheme is just another example of Labour ministers paying…
Responding to the First Minister refusing to commission an independent investigation into his decision to take £200,000 from a controversial company, which has large loans from the Development Bank of Wales, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “The First Minister’s campaign donations are now a major distraction from the work of…
Responding to reports that some 20mph speed limits will revert to 30mph in Wales, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “Labour’s 20mph speed limits are sadly here to stay. “Any change to the guidance will be cosmetic, and cosmetic changes will not fool the Welsh public. “Smoke and mirrors around guidance…
Responding to comments made by Macmillan’s head of partnerships, Richard Pugh, that longer cancer waits in Wales is a “crisis”, Sam Rowlands MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister said: “Labour has lost credibility on treatment waits as they continue to grow in Wales. “Performance has decreased on cancer targets to its second worst level ever,…
Wales Air Ambulance is delighted to announce it is launching its summer raffle with thesupport of past patient Craig Harrendence.Craig’s life was saved in April 2023 after he suffered catastrophic injuries following a seriousmotorbike accident which resulted in him being thrown 60 feet from his bike.The Wales Air Ambulance team arrived within minutes and found…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will reduce mowing as much as possible on the land in its care during May to help tackle the nature emergency and in support of Plantlife’s ‘No Mow May’ campaign. The scale and rate of biodiversity loss across Wales is accelerating. Every third mouthful of food we eat has been created…
Hirwaun and Penderyn and Rhigos Matters Following the last response we had on this issue, we sent the below questions. These have been responded by the Countryside & Rights of Ways Officer: 1. How many footpaths have been closed in Hirwaun due to the Heads of the Valleys project and how many more are expected…
Responding to the news that headteachers are making ‘immoral choices’ amid school funding cuts, Tom Giffard MS, Shadow Education Minister, said: “It is unacceptable that headteachers are having to make such severe decisions due to Labour slashing the education budget. “Their education reforms have been slammed by the IFS but instead of listening to the…
To mark Citizen Science month, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is launching new resources designed to help the public spot and identify rare lamprey fish in our waters. The new identification resources have been developed by NRW’s Four Rivers for LIFE project and describes the three different species of lamprey and how to tell them apart….
