Carmarthenshire News Drakeford confirms plans for land value tax will remain on the table as a potential replacement for council tax and business rates Chris Haines ICNN Senedd ReporterJune 12, 2025June 12, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Wales’ finance secretary Mark Drakeford confirmed plans for a land value tax remain on the table as a potential…
Carmarthenshire News Online abuse of politicians ‘getting worse by the day’ Chris Haines ICNN Senedd ReporterJune 12, 2025June 12, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Senedd members called for urgent action to tackle the “existential crisis” of abuse, harassment and intimidation faced by politicians…
Carmarthenshire News Freeport jobs promises ‘quietly revised down’ as thousands of jobs evaporate Chris Haines ICNN Senedd ReporterJune 12, 2025June 12, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Promises of job creation at two freeports have been stealthily downgraded by thousands of jobs, with Wales falling far…
Carmarthenshire News ‘People are choking with the dust’: calls for action on ‘slow Aberfan disaster’ Chris Haines ICNN Senedd ReporterJune 6, 2025June 6, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] More than 11,000 people added their voices to a chorus of calls for a mandatory 1,000-metre buffer zone around…
Carmarthenshire News Wales recruiting ‘nowhere near enough’ secondary teachers Chris Haines ICNN Senedd ReporterJune 6, 2025June 6, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Wales is only training around a third of the necessary secondary school teachers, with nowhere near enough recruits and…
Carmarthenshire News Taxpayers hit with £5.25m bill for botched Aberthaw contract Elkanah EvansJune 5, 2025June 5, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Taxpayers will foot the bill for a £5.25m settlement after a legal claim over the awarding of a demolition…
Carmarthenshire News ‘Rushed’ battery storage developments risk ‘devastating’ consequences Chris Haines ICNN Senedd ReporterJune 5, 2025June 5, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] The rapid and largely unregulated proliferation of battery storage developments is becoming an urgent safety issue in many parts…
Carmarthenshire News NHS Wales to remove ‘no-show’ patients from waiting lists EditorJune 4, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Patients who miss two appointments without good cause will be removed from waiting lists for NHS treatment, Wales’ health…
Carmarthenshire News Wales playing ‘catch-up’ as delays to environmental protections cause widespread scrutiny Elkanah EvansJune 4, 2025June 4, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Senedd members warned Wales is playing catch-up after the Welsh Government took more than seven years to bring forward…
Carmarthenshire News Plaid Cymru demands end to ‘shameful’ pensions justice EditorMay 26, 2025 [tta_listen_btn] Senedd members called out the “shameful”, long-standing pensions injustice faced by thousands of women born in the 1950s, coal…
