Over 2,200 children in Llanelli are set to benefit from extra support for their families as the bill to scrap the two-child limit reached its third reading in Parliament this week, marking the most significant step to reduce child...
Last autumn in the Budget, those with the broadest shoulders were asked to pay their fair share so costs could be taken off energy bills. Today, it’s been confirmed that as a result, energy bills are set to fall...
Keeping children and young people safe online in a digital world that did not exist a generation ago is one of the major challenges we face. We must do all we can to help give children the childhood they...
Russian interference in our democratic way of life is nothing new, as seen with the recent imprisonment of former Reform Party Leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, who took bribes to speak up for their interests rather than ours. Malign...
I’ve co-signed this letter to the Prime Minister calling for urgent action to address the shortage of HGV parking and driver facilities across the country Driver facilities are key to keeping drivers safe and ensuring they have secure facilities...
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...
