Over 9000 Rhondda Cynon Taf residents have enjoyed a Summer of Fun thanks to the taxpayers’ funding secured by the Council from the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF). In June 2025, the SPF, Summer Activity Micro grant was launched which made grants of up to £750 available for community voluntary and third sector groups– This meant…
Posts taken from Save School Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Hi! I’m new to this group. I recently joined because I am disgusted at the way home-to-school transport is treating school children Different day, but same poor kids waiting in the rain all ready to spend the day in soaking wet clothes So so wrong…
Today, at First Minister’s Questions, the leader of the opposition raised with the First Minister a series of Welsh Conservative Freedom of Information requests revealing that since the May 2021 Senedd election, where Labour formed yet another Welsh Government with the support of Plaid Cymru, 38,374 patients had died while waiting for NHS treatment. The Labour Health…
The latest labour market statistics for Wales, covering July 2025, revealed that Wales’ employment rate is now the lowest in the whole UK, at 70.8%. Economic inactivity in Wales remains the highest in Britain, at 25.6% and unemployment has risen to 4.7%. Welsh Conservatives lay blame at the Welsh Labour Government which controls Wales’ economic…
A series of Freedom of Information requests have revealed that since the May 2021 Senedd election, where Labour formed yet another Welsh Government with the support of Plaid Cymru, 38,374 patients had died while waiting for NHS treatment. Wales’ seven health boards have responded with data from May 2021 up to at least June 2025, with some…
FB: Not sure why I can only reply “anonymously”, but there are several parents in Hirwaun paying for the “spare” seats to Rhydywaun. We’ve been charged £154 and they have changed the route! So kids now have to walk 7-10 minutes for their paid seat on the bus. Several parents have spoken to the transport department…
Tina CollinsSave the school transport RCT group “This campaign is run by parents, for parents. Your voice matters – please take action today.” “No child should be forced to walk unsafe routes. Help us restore school transport.” “Together we can make the Welsh Government listen – join us, share, and speak up for our children.”…
The latest NHS statistics for Wales revealed NHS treatment waiting lists remain at 794,543 pathways, the equivalent of nearly 1-in-4 Welsh people. Performance worsened against the 62-day target for patients starting cancer treatment, decreasing to 60.2% and the new 90th percentile response time for red calls was beyond the 20-minute target. The disparity in two-year NHS waits…
The latest ONS figures have revealed another increase in inflation, now at 3.8%, the highest rate in well over a year. Under the UK Conservative Government, inflation fell to the 2% Bank of England target in June 2024. Since then, the rate has nearly doubled. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Energy,…
No Lessons learnt for the Welsh Government from £1.6 million loss in Maritime Centre funding its the Labour way. The Auditor General’s highlights basic failings in the way financial support was managed for the Porthcawl Maritime Centre Project https://www.audit.wales/news/lessons-welsh-government-ps16-million-loss-maritime-centre-funding The Welsh Labour Government has formally written off £1,641,682 in funding awarded to Credu Charity Ltd,…
