Around 1,000 jobs in Llanelli are in the transport and logistics sector. I recently met with the Road Haulage Association in Parliament who represent 21 locally based businesses to hear about how the industry is so important to developing...
The UK Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December, contained 70 positive recommendations for raising welfare standards across companion, farm animals, and wildlife. Last week, I met with the RSPCA in Parliament and joined them in urging the UK...
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....
