The future of Meddygfa’r Sarn GP surgery in Pontyates has been called into question by Hywel’s Dda Health Board’s proposal to close it. It currently serves 4,000 patients and having a doctor’s surgery in the centre of Pontyates really...
Dame Nia Griffith, Member of Parliament for Llanelli, has pledged to support local community groups to bid for part of the grant funding the UK Labour government has made available for Armed Forces Day events across the United Kingdom....
I recently visited Shufflebottom LTD, a local family-run firm in Cross Hands that specialises in the design, fabrication, painting and erection of steel structures. They currently employ 80 staff, including a growing number of apprentices and graduates. I was...
The Labour UK Government has announced plans for a new Victims’ Code which will provide better support to child victims in Llanelli to understand their rights as victims of crime and, more crucially, how to get the help they...
The UK Labour Government has today confirmed its plans to invest an extra £20m over the next 10 years into Tyisha, Glanymor and Llanelli Town Centre as part of its nationwide Pride in Place Programme. Llanelli has been selected...
UK Government Solicitor General Ellie Reeves announced a major expansion of the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme across Wales. The expansion will mean more victims of rape and serious sexual assaults, who face their cases being dropped by prosecutors,...
Dame Nia Griffith, Labour Member of Parliament for Llanelli, will today vote to scrap the two-child limit in Parliament, lifting 450,000 children across the UK out of poverty. Speaking ahead of the second reading of the Bill, Dame Nia...
Llongyfarchiadau Ysgol Pum Heol! Great to see Headteacher Rhian Francis here in Parliament for the British Council International School Awards Ceremony & hear that Ysgol Pum Heol has developed links with schools as far away as Lesotho and Patagonia....
Keeping people safe is one of the core duties of any government. Having a properly equipped, efficiently run and well respected system of policing is central to delivering that. Serious crime is coming down but everyday crime like antisocial...
Dame Nia Griffith has welcomed the UK Labour Government’s announcement that ground rents will be capped at £250 a year, calling it a “long overdue step that will make a real difference to leaseholders in Llanelli.” The Prime Minister...
