Once again, the Welsh Government has shown us exactly where its priorities lie, and it’s not with ordinary families in Rhondda Cynon Taf. While parents are left scrambling to get their children to school, with kids walking miles in the rain or families paying out of pocket for public transport, ministers have announced more funding…
Residents in Godreaman are advised about a local flood alleviation scheme, which will get underway next week and require a local trail path closure. Work activity will focus on the Dare Aman trail to the rear of Brynmair Road, plus the area to the rear of numbers 194-196 Brynmair Road. It will reduce the risk…
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…
Are you fed up with: This is the reality for families across Rhondda Cynon Taf since school transport was cut. Parents, grandparents, and residents are rightly angry, and it’s time to stand together and be heard. Public Meeting – Save Our School Transport Due to the huge level of interest, and in line with fire…
Welsh Government and local councils reject the 469,571-signature petition. The next Senedd election is due to be held by 7 May 2026 This law was spearheaded by the WG Climate Change department and NOT Health & Safety!!YOU HAVE NOT LISTENED TO US.The Welsh Government was put there BY THE PEOPLE OF WALES. Following a major public backlash and…
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…
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…
Residents and road users are advised that overnight work will take place from Tuesday (September 23), to undertake inspection and testing work to the Royal Oak Bridge in Abercynon. The bridge carries Goitre-Coed Road over the A4059, at a point just west of Abercynon Roundabout. A planned repair and maintenance scheme to the structure took…
