The announcement by the Home Office to withdraw its plans for the Stradey Park Hotel is welcome and I am pleased that they have finally listened to the people of Llanelli who knew that it was the wrong decision all along.
This debacle has seen the hollowing out of a key landmark hotel in the area with the loss of almost 100 jobs. It has created divisions within local communities and taken up valuable resources from our public services at a time when they were already stretched.
We now need to move forward and bring our town together once more.