Plaid slams council for backing councillors who admitted unlawful action
Plaid Cymru has slammed Labour and Independent councillors in Carmarthenshire for backing council leaders who’d just admitted they’d acted unlawfully in aiding their Chief...
Council notes findings of audit office indemnity report
THE council has voted to note the findings of the Welsh Audit Office report in relation to the indemnity for libel counterclaim in the...
Mark James out of office till police investigate
Statement by Cllr Kevin Madge, Leader of Carmarthenshire County Council: “By mutual agreement the Chief Executive Mr Mark James will no longer undertake his...
‘Labour in Crisis in Carmarthenshire’
Carmarthenshire branch in ‘special measures’ and controlled from Cardiff, says Plaid. Plaid Cymru Assembly Member Rhodri Glyn Thomas has accused the...
Plaid call on Council Chair to invite Auditor to extraordinary meeting
Plaid Cymru County Councillor and Chair of Carmarthenshire Council’s Audit Committee, Councillor David Jenkins, has called for the Wales Audit Office Auditor, Mr Anthony...
Plaid Cymru responds to Labour AM’s call for Chief Executive suspension
'Carmarthenshire Assembly Member Rhodri Glyn Thomas has responded to the comments made by Labour AM Keith Davies who has today called for the suspension...
Suspend council chief now, says Keith Davies AM
The comments follow an auditor's report that found that payments made to Mark James when he opted out of the staff pension scheme were...
Cllr Caiach hits out at Council Press Dept
Cllr Sian Caiach of Carmarthenshire County Council has issued a statement to the Council's own Press Dept after their Press Releases (click here to...
Legal advice given by barristers to Council
Legal advice given by two barristers to Carmarthenshire Council is being circulated to all members. The advice concerns the...
Council sets the record straight
Councillors and officials at Carmarthenshire County Council say they are bitterly disappointed and frustrated at misinformation being circulated around the recent public interest report...
Date set for council meeting to debate WAO reports
A DATE has been set for an extraordinary meeting for Carmarthenshire County Council to debate the Wales Audit Office reports. The...
Opposition Group meet to discuss ‘no confidence’ votes, 'extraordinary meeting must...
The leader of the Plaid Cymru Opposition Group on Carmarthenshire Council, Councillor Peter Hughes Griffiths, has announced his group will be meeting on Monday...
Plaid to hold Extraordinary meeting on Council Audit office crisis
The Plaid Cymru group on Carmarthenshire County Council are to hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss the possibility of holding a vote of no...
Heads must roll – Statement by Plaid Cymru group on Carmarthenshire...
Three senior Carmarthenshire councillors who unlawfully approved the Chief Executive’s pension and libel payments should resign immediately, say Plaid Cymru. ...
Wales Audit Office, Carms CC statement
Regarding the issue of the pay supplement in lieu of employer’s pension contributions, we are pleased to note that the Auditor does not form...
Petition set up for the resignations of Mark James and Kevin...
A Petition for the Resignations of Carmarthenshire County Council Chief Executive Mark James and Council Leader Kevin Madge has been set up. This follows...
Evidence of unlawful activity by Welsh local authorities “deeply disturbing” –...
The Chair of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee, Darren Millar AM, has released the following statement in response to reports from the Wales...
Labour Assembly Member hits out at bizarre Tory Welsh Language remarks
Keith Davies AM today challenged the Welsh Conservatives to clarify their position on Welsh medium education, following bizarre claims by Michael Fabricant MP that...
Senior Council officers and elected leadership must go, say Plaid Cymru...
Following the publication of two damaging Wales Audit Office reports into the indemnity and pension arrangements of Carmarthenshire County Council’s Chief Executive, Mark James,...
Keith Davies AM encourages local residents to commit to save energy...
Llanelli AM Keith Davies is supporting Big Energy Saving Week (27 – 31 January) by encouraging householders Llanelli to CHECK—SWITCH—INSULATE and adopt energy saving...
Plaid Unveils Ambitious Plans to Recruit 1,000 Doctors and Create a...
Plaid Cymru is proposing paying off the debt of student doctors as part of a package of measures to overcome the recruitment crisis threatening...
Plaid condemn Dyfed-Powys policing cuts
Plaid condemn the budget cuts and job losses at Dyfed-Powys Police. Sean Rees, Plaid Llanelli Press Officer said: "The Party of Wales...
MP slams police cuts
Nia Griffith MP, Labour’s Shadow Wales Office Minister, commenting on Dyfed Powys Police's proposed restructuring, said: “On top of...
Cllr Caiach hits back at Madge!
Cllr Sian Caiach has issued the following statement in response to Carms CC Cllr Leader Madge's press release on 13th December. The story relates...
Party MEP in Llanelli
Plaid Cymru Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Jill Evans recently visited the Town and was the guest speaker at Plaid Llanelli’s Christmas Party...
Plaid disappointed and angered by Health Minister!
Further disappointment and anger as Health Minister's letter confirms A+E at Prince Philip Hospital will be nurse-led... Plaid Cymru Llanelli...
AM calls on local people to join Foodbank appeal
Keith Davies is encouraging local people to support their local food bank in the run up to Christmas as those operating in the Llanelli...
Keith Davies AM backs ‘Small Business Saturday’
Keith Davies AM has lent his support to Small Business Saturday on 7th December 2013. Keith is encouraging Llanelli residents to support small...
Unanimous support for Pontyates fire station at public meeting
At a packed public meeting organised by Plaid Cymru councillors on Llangyndeyrn Community Council this week, residents of Pontyates and surrounding villages sent a...
Nia says Keep Pontyates Fire Station open
Nia Griffith MP said, “It is vital we keep Pontyates Fire Station open.Whether it is a house fire or a road traffic accident, we...
AM calls on local people to join foodbank appeal
Keith Davies is encouraging local people to support their local food bank in the run up to Christmas as those operating in the Llanelli...
AM praises Llanelli action on women’s sport
Keith Davies AM has said today in the Senedd that 2013 has been a prominent year for women’s sport in Llanelli. ...
Minister praises Carmarthenshire advice services
A network of advice services in Carmarthenshire that helps people through the tough economic climate has been praised by the Minister for Communities &...
Labour Misleads Llanelli, PPH Emergency Unit Remains Nurse-Led
Plaid Cymru has expressed anger and disappointment after it was confirmed that the Accident & Emergency unit at Prince Philip Hospital will be nurse-led...
Llanelli AM in call to increase surplus food donated by supermarkets
Local Labour AM Keith Davies has asked the First Minister what further actions can be taken in Wales to increase the amount of surplus...
Carmarthenshire Young Labour and Nia Griffith MP fighting for the Energy...
Carmarthenshire Young Members were with Nia Griffith MP, and Councillors on Saturday 9th November in Llanelli town centre, supporting Ed Miliband’s call to Freeze...
Action needed now over increase in gas and electricity prices
Plaid Cymru have called for the establishment of a new national energy firm ‘Energy Wales’ in order to decrease gas and electricity prices for...
Usdaw reps oppose closure of Pontarddulais fire station
Following news that Pontarddulais fire station could close as part of a wave of fire service cuts in the area, union reps at one...
AM raises exciting years ahead for Llanelli tourism
Keith Davies AM has used a question to the Welsh Economy Minister in the Assembly this week to ask how the Welsh Government, working...
Congratulations Masala restaurant!
Mr Ahmed Ali and his team at the Masala restaurant in Llanelli have scooped up one of the UK’s most prestigious restaurant awards. They...
AM Calls for Weekly Monitoring of Hywel Dda’s Winter Plans
The local Labour AM used a question to Wales’ First Minister today to call for HywelDda Health Board’s plans for elective non-emergency orthopaedic surgery,...
Plaid Cymru's response to the potential Council's budget cuts
We face £30m worth of cuts to council services and hundreds of job losses in Carmarthenshire over the next three years. That is a...
Young Labour Fighting for you on Energy Prices
Carmarthenshire Young Labour and Nia Griffith MP are supporting Labour’s pledge to freeze gas and electricity prices until 2017. We are...
Socialist Party comment on Council's potential budget cuts
We weren't invited to the meeting at Fwrnes last week and scandalously neither were the local government Unison who Socialist Party members joined...
Socialist Party Press Release on Hywel Dda Cancellations
Hywel Dda Health Board has announced this week that it is to cancel all elective orthopaedic surgery for four main hospitals in the Hywel...
Royal Mail sell-off could mean end of universal service on outskirts...
Plaid Cymru has stated that the Westminster Government's sell off of Royal Mail could mean an end of universal service to our communities. ...
New Flying Start evaluation report published
A new evaluation report into the experiences of parents using the Welsh Government’s programme to help children in the most deprived areas of Wales...
Nia calls for cooperation on badgers
Nia Griffith MP took part in a recent parliamentary debate on badger vaccination. It was a well – attended debate with...
Stop the MP's 11% pay rise : Change.org Petition
Within weeks David Cameron will be making a decision on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority recommendation for a 11% pay rise on MPs' salaries....
Keith calls on Minister to make statement on Hywel Dda decision
Llanelli Labour Assembly Member, Keith Davies has used a question to the Government Business Minister Lesley Griffiths to call upon the Minister for Health...
