My column in this week’s Llanelli Star……. The recent Queen’s Speech showed a Tory Government that is out of steam. Bereft of ideas and without any sense of urgency to tackle the problems that ordinary families are facing, it...
Great performances & creative work by members of Carmarthenshire Young Farmers Club on the showground at Nantyci.
Good to welcome Richard Whiting, Community Rail Officer for the Heart of Wales line to Llanelli Railway Goods Shed to discuss opportunities to work together, for the benefit of the community.
For our parliamentary debate today on the Queen’s Speech, Labour chose the theme of Fairness at Work, because we think it is really important to pay people properly and to give them security at work, getting rid of the...
Honoured to be asked by the First Minister to speak at the Senedd recently at the unveiling of the bust of my distinguished predecessor Jim Griffiths MP who represented Llanelli from 1936 to 1970. As Minister for National Insurance...
Many thanks to Hospital Notes Choir, the team at Bro Lliedi and everyone who helped put together a thanksgiving service and lunch to remember and recognise all the hard work key workers did in the pandemic. The event, which...
Good to meet Better Business Act campaigners, including Mary Portas, in Parliament who echo Welsh Government’s incentivising business approach to support workers’ rights & mental well-being & reduce carbon footprint.
My column in this week’s Llanelli Star on the forthcoming Local Elections…. Who do you think will be the best person to represent you, your family and the area in which you live when it comes to running your...
Big thank you to all who helped make the Ukrainian fundraiser at EJ’s Cafe, Bar & Restaurant a success on Saturday, but especially to Y5 pupils at Ysgol Pen Rhos who read out very moving poems they had written,...
So many people have contacted me asking what they can do to assist those fleeing the crisis in Ukraine. A simple on-line form is now up on the Carmarthenshire County Council website, so people can register for various ways...
