Responding to the news that campaigners have warned against “brutal” cuts to Wales’ environmental watchdog, Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Climate Change Minister, said: “NRW is already dropping the ball with tackling waste crime, with Wales having four times as many sewage discharges proportionately than England. “When you consider NRW recently being described as…
Responding to a consultation launched by the Labour Welsh Government into changing the tax arrangements for Welsh independent schools, Tom Giffard MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Education Minister, said: “Labour’s focus on private schools is a bias that will ultimately cost the taxpayer in the long run. “With parents pulling their children out of private schools…
In February 2024, Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) Council made the controversial decision to cut back on home-to-school transport. As of September 2025, students in secondary schools and colleges who live just under three miles from their institution will be forced to find alternative transport. In a move that exemplifies Labour’s heartless approach, they now expect…
Transport Secretary Ken Skates said, I wanted to give people a voice on 20 MPH the people gave their opinion a partition with 400,000 signatures to reverse the 20 MPH speed limit when will ministers start takeing notice of the electors? Ahead of the anniversary of the introduction of the 20mph default speed limit in…
Cynon Valleys MS voted with the Labour Government in the bay to keep the cut to old aged pensioners winter fuel allowance agreed by the Westminster Government party before pensioners in Cynon Valley. Responding to Labour MSs voting against the Welsh Conservatives’ motion in the Welsh Parliament calling on the UK Labour Government to save…
On Saturday 19th October there will be a public protest outside Sardis Road Pontypridd Council Offices. This protest will be for the parents and children of RCT. This is to show that the decision for home-to-school transport is not acceptable and not safe enough for this decision to go ahead. Councillors Heledd Fychan Plaid Cymru,…
During the spokesperson’s questions Labour’s Transport Minister Ken Skates laid out that Labour are open to the “potential for an alternative means of revenue” that pay per mile offers as an alternative to road tax. Review of Road User Charging in Wales Responding to her contribution during Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Transport Minister, Natasha Asghar…
Baroness Eluned Morgan 20 September 2022 We are also acutely aware of the significant challenges faced by our communities this winter as a result of the cost-of-living crisis. We will be developing practical advice and guidance to support individuals and communities to keep well this winter. For example, we know that maintaining key protective behaviours—and…
There is nothing about The Cynon Gateway North the Aberdare Bypass in this council report I would assume the bypass is a big priority area simply because planning for the duelling of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road took into account the Aberdare Bypass would be constructed at the same time, further delays cause…
A question on 8 February 2022 from Vikki Howells MS Cynon Valley to the First Minister: When the Minister for Social Justice was speaking to the cross-party group on poverty, it was noted that many people eligible for the winter fuel support scheme had not, at that point, applied for the support. Can you provide…
