DESPITE ALL the problems both they and the country is facing, a pledge was made in the coalition briefing that local councils will NOT be forced to merge.
Welsh Politics
Gibbons sets councils free to decide how high to send dustbins tax
IT WAS like old days when local government minister Brian Gibbons stood up to talk to the press about the amount of money he is giving local councils next year
Transport
Can Cardiff’s Valleys put a spark into Ieuan ?
The Assembly – and in particular Ieuan Wyn Jones, transport minister and deputy to Rhodri Morgan – will soon be… Read the rest
Transport
Railroading ahead
It didn’t sound like a political message when Rhodri Morgan spoke to the Campaign for Real Ale’s UK AGM in Cardiff today.
He bewailed the lack of real ale (hand-pump stuff) in the Valleys,… Read the rest

