On the second anniversary of the introduction of Labour and Plaid Cymru’s disastrous 20mph speed limit, the Welsh Conservatives have criticised the Welsh Government’s 20mph speed limit policy, saying it has cost millions, risks billions in economic damage, and ignores overwhelming public opposition. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council’s climate change, frontline services and prosperity…
Council Leader Cllr Andrew Morgan OBE has revised his Cabinet. These changes will be cost-neutral, with no additional costs, and will for the first time utilise the job sharing arrangements provided by Welsh Government, through the Local Government & Elections Act (Wales) 2021. The new Cabinet is as follows: Council will determine a new Presiding Officer,…
GoSafe Wales is funded by Taxpayers primarily through a grant from the Welsh Government and by income generated from driver education courses offered to motorists who have committed certain traffic offences detected by GoSafe enforcement activity. Additional contributions and budget reserves may be managed through the offices of the Police and Crime Commissioners for Wales, and occasional…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council shut down local schools to build a so-called “superschool,” promising savings. Then they axed the school buses to save more money. Waste collections were cut back for the same reason. Year after year, we’re told these cuts are about saving money, yet council tax keeps rising, while the essential public services…
Below are posts from the Save School Transport FB pages. Backlash Grows as RCT Council’s School Transport Cuts Leave Pupils Stranded and Communities Struggling 1 Another sorry story I heard yesterday. Whilst I was talking to a friend in Talbot Green discussing the school transport situation, two older ladies said “ sorry to interrupt but…
The Council is pleased to have played its part in the recent and successful redevelopment of the old Rates building in Aberdare Town Centre – securing Welsh Government funding to bring the important building back into good use. Morris Property Developments Ltd have been helped by Council officers to apply for significant grant funding, enabling…
Following a Senedd committee’s inquiry into the Welsh Government and local authority responses to winter storms, the Welsh Conservatives have reiterated their concerns that the Labour Welsh Government are underprepared for extreme weather events this winter and have not done enough to support residents following previous winter storms in late 2024. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow…
A Victorian vision undermined by unchecked wildfowl pollution Aberdare Park, once a proud jewel of the Cynon Valley, designed during the Victorian era as a place of civic pride, recreation, and public health, is now blighted by a chronic and worsening problem: goose pollution. Originally created as part of the Victorian public health movement, parks…
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has launched a pre-application consultation for proposed drainage works at the disused coal tip in Penyrenglyn, Rhondda Cynon Taff. The coal tip is classified as a Category D tip, one of the highest risk categories, and currently lacks a formal drainage system. The works aim to reduce the risk of landslides…
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…
