THE FUNDING of schemes already underway has been threatened by the change in government in Westminster. The Labour administration has changed the criteria for funding under...
A PLAN to regenerate Pembroke town centre must be cut following delays caused by the General Election and an almost one-third increase in the cost of...
THE COUNCIL’s Cabinet will consider a notice of motion to end its support for the annual Long Course Weekend. At December’s Council meeting, a notice of...
THE TOPIC of Home Education has again hit the headlines. The brutal murder of Sara Sharif in London exposes the glaring gaps in child protection for...
PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL is staring down the barrel of a £34.1m funding gap for 2025-26. Despite a 3.6% funding increase from the Welsh Government, announced on...
THE HEADLINE figure is an average rise in Welsh local authority budgets by 4.3%. Every Welsh rural council got less than that. From Monmouthshire in the...
THE WELSH GOVERNMENT must recognise its failure to provide sufficient support for Welsh local authorities to discharge their duties. So says Cllr Huw Murphy, the Leader...
HENRY TUFNELL MP will vote in favour of Kim Leadbetter MP’s Private Member’s Bill on the emotive subject of legalising assisted dying. Under the Bill, terminally...
ALTHOUGH the latest batch of NHS performance data contained some good news for the Welsh government, chronic problems with meeting targets remain the headline. The Welsh...
LABOUR’S conference in Llandudno last weekend was an opportunity for the Party’s great and good to come together and tell each other how wonderfully things are...
PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL has denied trying to stop pupils from wearing Wellington boots to school in support of local farmers. However, following a request, the Council...
THE HEADLINE from today’s Budget is a £40bn increase in taxes. However, those tax increases are aimed at wealth, investment income, and businesses rather than standard-rate...