Visited the Royal Mail Delivery Office this morning to meet Llanelli’s hard-working postal workers and thank them for their efforts to get all our cards and presents delivered in the run-up to Christmas. This is huge task, and posties...
Great to meet the Cats Protection charity in Parliament yesterday and celebrate the excellent work they do to rehome cats in the UK. I agree with them that more landlords should scrap strict ‘no pets’ policies, so renters can...
Many of the fantastic designs that Lee Waters and I received for our annual MP/AM Christmas card competition are now on display in Llanelly House. It was great to see the exhibition last week, and I would recommend popping in...
Delighted to be out in Llanelli town centre this morning to support Small Business Saturday and our fantastic local shops. Started off my Christmas shopping with a dragon mat from the carpet shop and a cake from Jenkins bakery.
Today is World AIDS Day, when we wear our red ribbons with pride and recognise that much more still needs to be done to reduce transmissions of HIV and the stigma all too often associated with it. My colleague...
As ever, people in the Llanelli Tesco today have been really generous in donating to The Trussell Trust collection for Llanelli Foodbank at Myrtle House. It is just wrong that the UK Government’s changes and delays in benefits are...
It was great to see Nigel Griffiths from Argos Bingo Llanelli at an event in Parliament last week. The Bingo Association are doing excellent work in supporting causes like the children’s charity Variety. Thanks to support from bingo players,...
Good to meet with the White Ribbon campaign this morning for the parliamentary launch of their campaign film “If love hurts, it’s not love”. Two women are killed by a current or former partner every week, so the work they...
The Tories have slashed the defence budget and now the sums don’t add up – they are short by up to £15 billion. It is time for proper funding for defence, because you can’t do security on the cheap.
Very productive meeting with the Midland Clawback Campaign, Unite the Union and other MPs last week to discuss the next steps in the fight for justice for HSBC/Midland Bank employees whose company pensions have been unfairly cut by up...