Beacon Lighting
Thank you Llanelli Veterans Association, Meibion Elli & Llanelli Town Council for adding dignity and joy to the Beacon Lighting ceremony on the Millennium Coastal Path to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.
Honours Nomination
Thank you everyone for your very kind words of congratulation. It is a huge honour to be nominated for this dame-hood, and I’d like to say a massive thank you to all of you that I have been privileged...
Supporting Alzheimer’s Society during Dementia Awareness Week
As part of Dementia Action Week (16-22 May), Llanelli MP Nia Griffith met with people affected by dementia, experts from Alzheimer’s Society and clinicians at the charity’s Parliamentary reception to find out more about the barriers people face to...
Llanelli Star Column – Queen’s Speech disappointment
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...
Carmarthenshire Young Farmers Club
Great performances & creative work by members of Carmarthenshire Young Farmers Club on the showground at Nantyci.
Welcome to another visitor to Llanelli Railway Goods Shed project!
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.
Fairness at Work
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...
Commemorating the work of Jim Griffiths
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...
Key Worker Thanksgiving Service
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...
Better Business campaign
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.