Today [08/07/25], in the Senedd, Stage 4 of the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill will be voted on. Ashford Price Membership Secretary of WAVA said –I have never in my 45 years of operating in Welsh tourism felt such anger and despair expressed in ameeting by operators at the way tourism is…
“Rhondda Cynon Taf Labour Councillors have cut school transport, reduced basic waste services, and even scrapped household wheelie bins—blaming a lack of funds. Yet they’ve found millions to spend on vanity projects in Pontypridd, showing where their priorities really lie.” Redevelopment work is progressing on of the old Marks & Spencer site in Pontypridd town…
Council Finds £1.2m for Cheap Holiday Bus Fares – But Not a Penny for School Transport While families across Rhondda Cynon Taf are being told the Council cannot afford to provide school transport for pupils living under three miles from their comprehensive or college, the same Council is proudly announcing yet another round of subsidised…
With the Senedd election scheduled for 7 May 2026, the Welsh public is being urged to reflect on more than two decades of uninterrupted Labour governance—and what many see as the unchecked rise of unelected public bodies, or quangos, that dominate Welsh political life. NEW: The Quango State We’re In According to a new report…
A Welsh Government-funded project planting trees in Uganda hit its target of 25 million trees by 2025, at a cost of around £2 million. Uganda’s export earnings surged by 40% in March 2025, reaching $899.10 million, primarily due to increased sales of gold, coffee, cocoa beans, sugar, fish, and maize. Uganda has unearthed over 31 million metric…
Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) — Outrage is mounting across the borough as residents voice fury over Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s decision to scrap household wheelie bins in favour of black bags — a move seen by many as another cost-cutting exercise disguised as environmental reform. Despite yearly council tax increases, RCT Council continues to strip…
Critical decisions are needed to ensure the sustainability of local government in Wales, including a change in approach to the funding and delivery of social care, an Independent Working Group has said. The Independent Working Group on Sustainable Local Government for the Future – led by the Wales Centre for Public Policy in collaboration with…
The Senior South Wales Central Coroner, Graeme Hughes, has written a Prevention of Future Deaths Report (Regulation 28) specifically to the First Minister, an exceedingly rare escalation, following the tragic death of Valerie Hill, who died of pneumonia following a fall and a 14 hour wait for an ambulance, writing: “It is possible that this…
Aberdare, Wales — A growing number of parents in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) are voicing strong opposition to proposed changes in school transport policy that would see children living three miles or less from their school lose access to free transport by September 2025. The move, driven by the Council’s decision to revert to statutory…
The latest NHS statistics for Wales revealed NHS treatment waiting lists remain at 789,929 pathways, the equivalent of nearly 1-in-4 Welsh people. Two-year NHS waits for treatment have risen again to 9,600 in Wales – an almost 15% rise from the previous month, compared with only 171 in England. The Labour Health Minister, now First Minister, Eluned Morgan…
