Natural Resources Wales timber scandal ‘incompetence, not corruption’ NRW has had its accounts criticised by the Wales Audit Office three years in a row after it sold timber repeatedly without going to the open-market. The original contracts, made in 2014 and worth £39m to NRW, were awarded without tender to BSW Timber.24 Our environmental regulator,…
During the early hours of Sunday 16th February 2020, RCT received several calls fromresidents at Porth reporting the overtopping of the River Rhondda and Rhondda Fachand the ingress of water into properties. To the northwest of the investigation area, two culvert inlets associated to the NantLlwyncelyn Watercourse were identified as sources of flooding to 2…
Responding to the oral statement from Labour’s Housing Minister on building safety, Mark Isherwood MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Housing Minister, said: “While Labour claims progress is being made on building safety reforms, delays and gaps persist in protecting Welsh residents. “Despite warnings from the Grenfell Inquiry and the Auditor General’s Report, Labour’s delays are leaving…
Responding to her contribution during Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Climate Change & Rural Affairs Minister, Janet Finch Saunders MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Climate Change Minister, said: “With the recent devastating flooding seen in Spain, we have to be prepared for the increased risk of severe flooding here in Wales and the destruction it causes. “Heavy…
