New analysis estimates around 4,700 people in Llanelli were still fully furloughed by their employer in the middle of August.This means 44% of workers who were moved onto the UK Government’s Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme (CJRS) in the early...
Today is #BackBritishFarmingDay and I‘m supporting the crucial role farmers play in producing food for the nation and caring for the countryside. The UK food and farming industry is worth more than £120 billion to the national economy and...
This month, the first young people in Llanelli to benefit from Child Trust Funds turn 18 and can access the money put aside for them by the last Labour Government for the first time. Here in Llanelli alone, 7,765...
Thank you to Bill Kelly, Network Rail Route Director for Wales and Borders for facilitating visit to the site of the major train incident in Llangennech, and to Gavin Bown of Natural Resources Wales for meeting us there. Scary...
I’d like to say a huge thank you to the emergency services and all those involved in responding to the major incident in Llangennech late last night, and I am very relieved to hear that the train crew were...
It was a real privilege this morning to celebrate the cleaning of the duck pond in Parc Howard, and to declare it and the duck house officially open. A huge thank you to the members of the Parc Howard...
Long awaited plans for Llanelli’s most deprived area to get its first ever children’s playground took a step closer to becoming reality with work on site beginning this week. The project on land off Ann Street in Tyisha will...
With the effects of the Climate Emergency beginning to take hold around the world, I have been working with residents from Llanelli to see what can be done locally to make our own communities as green as possible. Next...
A successful UK steel industry will be key to the economic recovery here in Llanelli. It is a vital source of highly skilled, well paid jobs across many parts of Wales, both directly and in the supply chain, providing...
Volunteers at Tyisha Foodbank at Tyisha Positive Action Group have been boosted by news that their efforts to help people through the worst effects of the Covid-19 outbreak will now be supported by £10k worth of funding from National...
