Help with energy bill arrears
Are you having problems paying off arrears with a gas or electricity bill? The British Gas Energy Trust has now reopened its Individuals and Families Fund and may be able to help. You do not need to be a...
BBC Politics Wales – Stradey Park Hotel
Earlier this week, I appeared on the Politics Wales show, expressing disappointment at Carmarthenshire County Council losing their court case on Stradey, and the latest concerns on the situation. The episode can be found here: BBC iPlayer – Politics...
Llanelli Standard Column – Stradey Park Hotel Update
Most Llanelli Standard readers will probably now be fully aware of the proposal by the UK Government to use the Stradey Park Hotel as emergency accommodation for 200 asylum seekers, in family groups, from early July. Tory Ministers are...
Llanelli Star Column – on the Tory mortgage penalty
Recent interest rate increases by the Bank of England signal even more pain for hardworking, local people. Over 7,000 home owning households in Llanelli have been hit by the Tory mortgage penalty with annual mortgage payment increases of £1,600 this year...
Statement on Stradey Park Hotel staff redundancies
Llanelli MP, Dame Nia Griffith, said: “This is outrageous news and such a shoddy way to treat the hotel’s existing staff who have been kept in the dark all the way through this situation by the hotel’s owners. It...
Armed Forces Day event – Llanelli Town Centre
Huge thank you to everyone who turned out this morning in Llanelli town centre for #ArmedForcesDay to celebrate the massive contribution to our country that those involved in our Armed Forces make.
Llanelli MP thanks UK Armed Forces personnel recruited from Carmarthenshire ahead of Armed Forces Day
To mark Armed Forces Day this Saturday , Dame Nia Griffith MP for Llanelli has paid tribute to the many UK Armed Forces personnel that hail from Llanelli and Carmarthenshire. Dame Nia Griffith MP said that “I...
BIGYN WARD ADVICE SURGERY – CANCELLED
BIGYN WARD ADVICE SURGERY Friday, 23rd June 2023 – Selwyn Samuel Centre Please note that the above surgery has now been cancelled. Residents in the Bigyn Ward area who had planned to attend for an advice session appointment should...
Llanelli Star Column – on proposals to house asylum seekers in Stradey Park Hotel
We have all been shocked by the proposal by the Conservative UK Government to use the Stradey Park Hotel as emergency accommodation for 200 asylum seekers from July. Tory Ministers are scrabbling around looking for more hotel accommodation, because...
Stradey Park Hotel Petition
I’ve signed the petition to support the campaign to stop the Stradey Park Hotel being used by the Tory UK Government as emergency accommodation for asylum seekers. You can do the same here: Petition · Stop the Home Office...