Responding to the release of the 20 mph speed limit, Phase 1 monitoring data, Natasha Asghar MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Transport, said: “This new data demonstrates that following the initial implementation phase, people’s habits are now reverting back to before the introduction of 20mph. “With compliance falling, air quality getting worse and no…
This month marks one year since the Labour Welsh Government introduced default 20mph speed limits across Wales, the same 20mph speed limit that the Welsh Government’s own Explanatory Memorandum said would cost the Welsh economy up to £8.9 billion. Yet people from all corners of Wales continue to protest and show their disenchantment with this…
There is an undeniable and widely acknowledged need for increased capacity in schools that cater to children with Additional Learning Needs (ALN). No one disputes the importance of expanding these specialized institutions to meet the growing demand. However, the issue lies in the Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) Council’s approach to such expansions. While the council…
This month marks one year since the Labour Welsh Government introduced default 20mph speed limits across Wales, the same 20 mph speed limit that the Welsh Government’s own Explanatory Memorandum said would cost the Welsh economy up to £8.9 billion. Since then, we saw the record breaking Senedd petition to scrap 20 mph speed limits,…
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,…
