Anthony Lewis
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- 52
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Merthyr council told to focus with greater pace and purpose on transformation (opens the original)
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Merthyr Tydfil council is an “improving council with the potential to do more”. That was a finding in its first panel performance assessment under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021. The act requires councils to commission an independent external panel at least once between ordinary elections to assess how well the council is performing. The assessment found the council appears to be at a significant point in its development with a growing recognition that, to become more sustai
Staff recruitment and retention challenges hitting Merthyr Tydfil council (opens the original)
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A Welsh council is facing a number of challenges to recruit and retain people to deliver its services, a report has found. Audit Wales looked at the recruitment and retention challenges Merthyr Tydfil council is facing which included how well the council understands its challenges, what it is doing in response, and how it reviews the value for money of its approaches. The main audit question was: “Does the council have proper arrangements to address its recruitment and retention challenges?” It
Funding boost for road maintenance and new road projects in Welsh county (opens the original)
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Road resurfacing, footpath repair,s and two major new road schemes will have an extra £9.5m spent on them next year in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT). As part of a wider £12.13m package agreed by cabinet and full council, highways and footpaths will see an extra £3.5m spent on them while the Cynon Gateway Link Road and Llanharan Sustainable Transport Corridor will both receive an extra £3m. The package also includes £250,000 for flood alleviation and £150,000 for unadopted roads. The newly-agreed fundi
Skate parks to be demolished and rebuilt after £750k funding boost (opens the original)
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Work has begun on demolishing a skate park and creating a new one in Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf. Skate parks in Beddau and Ystrad are both set to be demolished and rebuilt to create new concrete skate parks with the one in Beddau currently out to consultation. The council is working with industry experts The Skate Company and Maverick to consult with users and design and deliver the new-look parks in Beddau and at Gelligaled in Ystrad. Maverick is run by pro skaters and has delivered a huge range
Call for resolution over six-month health board strike (opens the original)
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Councillors in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) have written to the local health board and Welsh Government raising concerns about the impact of an ongoing dispute with health visitors. The leader has written a letter which has been signed by each of the political group leaders on the council calling for a fair and sustainable resolution to the industrial action involving health visitors at Cwm Taf Morgannwg Health Board, which has been going on since February. Health visitors in the region, who meet wit
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