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Nia Griffith, Labour candidate for Llanelli I put the interests of local people first, and have the drive and determination to fight hard for the...

Dear Elector, Our UKIP campaign is progressing well, with requests for attendance at various venues to speak to people and media programmes. Certainly my Welsh Language has...

Like a tiny plaster over a gaping wound, promises to improve the NHS made by the establishment parties are worthless. Even the former boss...

The role of the panel is to advise the Welsh Language Commissioner on the Commissioner’s functions. The following have been appointed to the Advisory panel: Mr...

Speaking at a major event to promote and raise awareness of the European Union (EU) with a focus on jobs and growth, First Minister...

At a public meeting last night, residents of Burry Port expressed their extreme anger at the way that the Tory Police Commissioner Christopher Salmon...

Conservatives in government always claim to be cleaning up Labour’s economic mess. The Llanelli Conservative Association took a more literal approach this weekend, organising a litter...

Following the recent announcement from Carmarthenshire County Council that a trial of Free Parking in Llanelli Town Center will soon be underway.  Plaid Cymru's...

Suzy Davies AM visits Burry Port with Selaine Saxby, Llanelli's Prospective Conservative MP This week Suzy Davies, South Wales West Assembly Member, visited Burry Port with...

Selaine Saxby, Prospective Conservative MP for Llanelli, and members of the Llanelli Conservative Association met with the Prime Minister, David Cameron and other senior...

Young voters aged 18 and over in Carmarthenshire are being urged not to lose out on the chance to have their say for the...

Labour Manifesto - POLICY DETAIL: A better future for Wales and Britain Britain is a great country ready to build a better future. This manifesto sets...

Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones and Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith are today launching Welsh Labour’s General Election Manifesto which will include details of...

At the heart of our manifesto is a simple proposition: we are the party of working people, offering you security at every stage of your...

The Llanelli Conservatives are disappointed to report that one of the large general election posters, for candidate Selaine Saxby, has been stolen. The poster was displayed...

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With just one week to go before the 20 April registration deadline for the general election the Electoral Commission and Carmarthenshire County Council is...

In a statement released in the wake of Labour's manifesto launch this morning, Mr Miliband said: 'The manifesto I launched this morning tears up some...

Deputy Minister for Skills, Julie James has dismissed any question of the Welsh Government’s flagship Jobs Growth Wales programme being scrapped, and has confirmed...

Nia Griffith, who has been secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Steel Group for the past five years, is urging Tata steel bosses to...

Communities and Tackling Poverty Minister, Lesley Griffiths, is encouraging people to have their say on plans to end Right to Buy before the consultation...

Labour’s Nia Griffith has accused the Dyfed-Powys Police Commissioner Christopher Salmon of double –speak and hypocrisy as the row over the police helicopter escalated...

By Nia Griffith, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Llanelli. Ed Balls has today unveiled the second of Labour’s campaign posters on this Government’s choices on tax,...

People in Carmarthenshire are being reminded that they need to be registered to be able to vote in the forthcoming General Election. It will be...

Llanelli town centre was bustling on Easter Saturday morning. While shoppers were hunting last minute Easter eggs, parties from across the political spectrum were hunting...

Swiss Valley resident, Phil Cullen, 57, complained to a Police Officer and Llanelli Market Inspector about the Llanelli Conservatives town centre Easter dragon display. The...

Vaughan Williams 33 years old Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales Our Priorities: Llanelli Town Centre To secure a strong future for our Town Centre, Plaid Cymru would...

The leaders of the UK's seven major parties have gone head-to-head at ITV's studios in MediaCityUK in Salford. Conservative leader David Cameron, Labour's Ed Miliband,...

Stephen Crabb Visits Llanelli for the Conservative Party General Election Campaign Launch   Secretary of State for Wales, Stephen Crabb, visited Llanelli on Monday to support...

The Welsh Conservatives launched their 2015 General Election Campaign today in Rhossili Bay, Gower. Secretary of State for Wales, Stephen Crabb, was present to officially...

Welsh Labour officially launched their general election campaign in Ammanford town centre today. First Minister Carwyn Jones and Shadow Secretary of State for Wales,...

GE & ME Voter Profile The General Election and … a Local Intern For this voter profile we asked a local man who is currently...

The GE & ME Voter Profile The General Election and… A Small Business Owner For this voter profile we spoke to the owner of a small, Llanelli...

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood AM will today (Friday) tell party members and activists that the largest ever group of Plaid Cymru MPs must be returned...

Despite the Green Party now having the third biggest membership in England and Wales (after Labour and the Conservatives), Ofcom, the communications regulator, have...

The Green Party has committed to closing a controversial tax loophole that allows private equity bosses to avoid paying the correct amount of income...

The team at the West Wales Chronicle are delighted to announce that we will be hosting the Llanelli Westminster Candidates Debate on the 30th April at...

The GE & ME Voter Profile The General Election and … an Unemployed First-Time Voter For this voter profile we asked an unemployed, first-time voter to...

News just in: this afternoon, MPs can vote to shut the Mayfair tax loophole. That’s the tax dodge the government set up to...

Announcement form the Electoral Reform Society. Single-party governments look increasingly like a thing of the past. Isn't it time we came to terms with the...

#RegAFriend Get just one friend to register to vote so you can all have a say. And be heard. Chances are, you’re already registered to...

The GE & ME Voter Profile The General Election and … a Self-Employed, Twenty-Something For our first voter profile we asked a self-employed, twenty-something man from...

About the GE and ME Charles de Gaulle once said that ‘politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.’ Whether you...

WEST WALES CHRONICLE EXCLUSIVE   UKIP Llanelli’s Launch Party Stirs up a Storm   Demonstrators took to the streets of Llanelli on Saturday morning to protest against the...

TUSC Candidate for Llanelli at the 2015 general election, Scott Jones said: “Hoping to gain a few extra votes, the Chancellor has tried to sell...

The Chancellor has presented his Budget to Parliament - here's a summary of what was announced. 1. The UK had the fastest growth in the...

By Ed Miliband MP, Labour of the Labour Party, responding to the Budget Statement said: Mr Deputy Speaker never has the gap between the Chancellor’s...

60,000 people have helped push tax dodging up the political agenda, but we need to keep the pressure up to show that we still...

If you're a floating voter like I am and genuinely don't know who to vote for in the general election this year then why...

Llanelli election candidate Vaughan Williams is backing an appeal to help save the lives of more people with cancer in the constituency and across...