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A VIDEO filmed in a council chamber in which two Reform councillors accused a cabinet member of “lying” has been taken down. The party political...
A FORMER riding schools and stables in a countryside conservation area can be used for a range of different business types. Brexit and knock-on...
A COUNCIL’s planning service estimates it has contributed £104 million to the local economy and ranked itself as “good” for eight of 12...
A HIGH-PROFILE Reform UK councillor has been removed from a community council for failing to attend its meetings. A vacancy has now been declared...
EIGHTEEN months since losing his place in government former Welsh secretary David Davies has said he didn’t realise at the time how “stressful”...
TORFAEN’S MP Nick Thomas-Symonds visited eleven countries in his first year in government at a cost of at least £7,000. The Labour MP’s...
SHIFTING council spending power to community groups isn’t a reworking of David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ a senior leader has said. ...
COUNCILLORS attending meeting over video links have been accused of leaving them early and of not pulling their weight. New rules requiring...
CONSERVATIVE leader Kemi Badenoch has refused to say whether her party could support Plaid Cymru or Reform UK to form the next Welsh Government. ...
A FORMER Conservative Parliamentary candidate has become the second member of the party on a Gwent council to defect to Reform UK. The...
REFORM UK has come under fire on climate change from cabinet members of the only Gwent authority the party is represented on. Reform, which polls...
CONSERVATIVE leader Kemi Badenoch has visited flood hit Monmouth and questioned if enough support has been provided since the Storm Claudia deluge. ...
PLANS for improving education for children with additional needs and those unable to attend school have been agreed by councillors. Monmouthshire...
LONG-WINDED names for committees have forced a top councillor’s patience to snap. David Williams who as well as being the deputy presiding...
A GWENT council has a near £3 million gap in its budget for the forthcoming financial year. Torfaen Borough Council is continuing to work on...
A REVIEW of car parking policies and charges will be carried out on a town by town basis after a council spent £28,000 on a county wide review. ...
RESIDENTS of two Gwent boroughs are being urged to get involved in talks about overhauling how their councils deliver services. Blaenau Gwent and...
A GWENT council leader has won a selection battle to secure second place on a Labour candidate list for next year’s Senedd election. Anthony...
A LABOUR councillor has broken ranks to vote against reducing the membership of his local town council. Cllr Liam Cowles said...
A FRAMEWORK for working with local town and community councils has been agreed by a borough council’s cabinet. The agreement is intended to...
A CRUCIAL vote on a plan intended to set out where up to 2,100 new homes could be built is due to take place next week. The replacement local...
THE latest challenge to plans to use a former Gwent library as a mosque has suggested researching historical papers in Scotland and New York. A...
A HOUSING association shouldn’t be made to pay for a bus stop a council should provide, councillors have been told. A suggestion the council...
A MULTI-BILLION pound Gwent pension fund will consider further advice after two local authorities demanded a review of investments linked to...
A THREATENED legal challenge to a decision to allow a former library to be used as a mosque won’t be going ahead. A pre-action letter, on behalf...
SELECTED residents are to be paid to give their view on a how a council overhauls its approach to delivering and supporting services. Residents...
A NEW ‘deal’ between a council and residents is intended to move power away from county hall and into communities. That’s what a senior...
AN approach to addressing poverty, inequality and poor health adopted by public services across Gwent has been explained as avoiding focussing on just...
CONSERVATIVE councillors have been accused of “talking down” a council they used to run and of “never having a good word” to say about it. ...
MORE than half of the near 4,000 people on the housing waiting list in the most expensive area of Gwent are in work. The figure was highlighted at...
A GWENT council is set to use What’s App to send messages about its services and plans straight to people’s phones. It also says the best way...
FAMILIES have moved to Wales from England without realising they will lose entitlement to free childcare from nine months old, councillors have been...
A MULTI-MILLION pound pension fund for public servants across Gwent will be asked to review investments linked to Israel’s war in Gaza. A...
A PLAN to support asylum seekers and refugees backed by a Gwent council two years ago won’t increase their numbers, a top councillor has said. ...
A GWENT council’s leadership has committed to being accredited as a Real Living Wage employer. Monmouthshire County Council has already been...
THE leader of Reform UK’s first council group in Wales has hit out at councillors for failing to mark the killing of US political influencer...
THREE councillors who failed in a bid to overturn a decision paving the way for a county’s first mosque could launch a legal challenge. The two...
A GWENT council will be asked to review if any of its investments are held with firms linked to violations of international law due to Israel’s...
A COUNCIL is set to agree a policy that will see staff working for its contractors get a pay boost if they are only earning the legal minimum. ...
A COUNCIL has backed a regional sports partnership at a “good time” coinciding with the Tour of Britain visiting South Wales. The area...
THE Welsh Conservatives have announced their first four candidates for Monmouthshire and Torfaen for next year’s expanded Senedd election. ...
A GWENT council leader has been shortlisted as a candidate in a key seat for next year’s Senedd elections. Councillor Anthony Hunt, who has led...
A HIGH profile council leader is facing challenges from his own group and other senior councillors for a chance at winning a Senedd seat. Anthony...
REFORM UK has won a by-election in a Welsh county that was declared “a Reform-free zone” just a fortnight ago. The Conservatives had been...
A DEADLINE is approaching to request by-elections to fill two vacancies on Magor with Undy Town Council. Electors of the town’s West ward and...
THE Conservatives have completed a hattrick of by-election victories over Reform though Nigel Farage’s party has gained another community councillor...
A GWENT council leader has refused to rule out introducing the Welsh Government’s new tourist tax when the powers become available to councils. ...
THE Conservatives have defeated Reform UK in a by-election in the council area the party’s first Senedd Member Laura Anne Jones previously...
A BY-ELECTION is taking place in part of a ward that elected the first Reform UK councillor in Wales. The election is to fill a vacancy for the...
THERE is uncertainty over implementation of a new rule intended to ensure councillors and the public are aware of decisions made by top council...