Rhondda Cynon Taf Council keeps telling residents they have no money, but the figures tell a very different story. For the financial year 2023/24, the council’s net revenue budget rose to £609.9 million. Of that, £157 million came directly from Council Tax. Yet residents are seeing services cut, bills rise, and communities left struggling. Council…
Rugby Borough Council’s cabinet has agreed to recommend that full council adopt a new policy enabling the authority to use recently introduced powers to auction off leases to empty high street shops. At a cabinet meeting last week, councillors welcomed the move as a response to residents’ concerns about empty premises in the town centre….
Clydach Vale Countryside Park is the latest beauty spot to benefit from Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s Countryside investment (maintenance), benefiting residents and visitors alike. By the end of the investment programme, some £300,000 of taxpayers’ money will have been invested over two years to clear spaces, manage weeds and overgrowth, erect fences and boundaries, create…
Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby has partnered with Wooden Spoon, the children’s charity of Rugby to launch the Wooden Spoon GBWR Junior Regional Academies, an initiative that will expand inclusive playing and training opportunities for juniors to engage with wheelchair rugby at both grassroots and performance levels. Wooden Spoon has a long-standing commitment to supporting children and young people…
