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A PROPOSAL to add an extra Welsh word to a constituency name has been made – a councillor opposed to dropping the English language was told. ...
FIVE candidates will fight it out to fill a vacancy on Torfaen Borough Council caused by the resignation of a Labour member. The Reform Party is...
A COMMUNITY volunteer has said she is happy to defend Labour’s “strong track record” in a council by-election. Voters will be going to the...
DISPUTES over when councillos are allowed to vote are set to be clarified by the changes to a council’s rules. A review has drawn up a series...
SALARIES for county councillors in Wales are set to increase this year by more than £1,000. That will take the basic salary paid to all members...
A BY-ELECTION that could see the first Reform Party councillor elected in Wales has been described as “more important” than voters realise by its...
A GWENT MP has hit out at “misleading” claims over a vote in the House of Commons on a national inquiry into so called “grooming gangs”. ...
A DEADLINE for nomination papers to be returned to fill two vacancies following the resignation of one councillor has been set. The vacancies...
A VACANCY on a town council following the death of a former mayor is set to be filled by appointment. A deadline for at least 10 electors to...
A WELSH council leader has dismissed claims a ‘metro mayor’ could rule over boarder areas of England and Wales as “false”. The claims...
AS a Liverpool fan Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds is hoping 2025 will bring success for his favourite football team. “Liverpool are currently top...
SPECULATION a Gwent county could share a “metro mayor” with a neighbouring Welsh authority and two others in England have been dismissed. A...
A COUNCIL spent an hour and 40 minutes debating changes to inheritance tax rules for farmers it has no control over. Monmouthshire County Council...
MONMOUTHSHIRE councillors are set to debate national policy related to farms for the second time in less than a year. The council will be asked...
A FORMER councillor who last week quit her seat on Torfaen Borough Council has also resigned from Pontypool Community Council. Sue Malson stepped...
A DEADLINE is looming to request an election to fill the vacancy following the death of Blaenavon town councillor Alan Jones. The former mayor,...
A GWENT council is still waiting for further information from the UK Government on funding that replaced grants previously received from the...
A COUNCILLOR who posted a sweary video to social media that was viewed thousands of times before it was deleted has resigned her seat. Sue Malson...
A COUNCILLOR forced to quit over social media comments about the holocaust aimed at former Welsh secretary David Davies will return to a top job. ...
THE Welsh Government will be asked to look again at its rule self-catering holiday lets must be occupied for 182 nights to pay business rates. ...
A TOURISM levy or tax could be welcomed by operators in Gwent’s top performing tourist destination. Monmouthshire has outperformed other parts of...
A LISTED former library building could be leased or sold off now it is no longer used for children who aren’t attending mainstream schools. The...
A LABOUR councillor has complained a plan she wanted to put forward to boost funding for Wales wasn’t supported until proposed by an independent. ...
THE future of Newport’s remaining Cineworld cinema looks to have been secured with a cut price rental agreement agreed. The troubled chain has...
FOUR candidates will fight it out to fill the seat formerly held by Monmouthshire MP Catherine Fookes on the county council. The Labour MP...
A SECOND Labour-led council in Gwent has raised concern at the UK Government decision to axe winter fuel payments for thousands of pensioners. The...
A FORMER independent councillor who formed Wales’ first Reform Party council group has been accused of having attempted to rejoin the Labour...
GWENT’S newest MP has resigned as a county councillor which could lead to a by-election to a Labour led council. Catherine Fookes was elected as...
A GWENT councillor has described seeing Kamala Harris confirmed as the Democratic Party’s nominee for US president in person as a “bonkers”...
WORK is needed to identify pensioners in Monmouthshire who will be hit hard by the loss of winter fuel payments. The county’s new Labour MP has...
“THIS is a day of celebration, we should be celebrating, not panicking about what’s going on in Westminster, this is all about local politics and...
CONTROVERSIAL politician Lee Anderson – who became Reform UK’s first MP – made a surprise appearance in Gwent as three councillors joined the...
A VILLAGE shop that featured in the Netflix series Sex Education is to be demolished with the site developed for housing along with a replacement...
A COUNCIL has agreed the UK Government should appoint a minister for armed forces veterans – even though one is in place. Labour members of...
A BID to force Gwent’s newest MP to resign her county council seat has been dismissed as Tory “sour grapes”. Labour MP Catherine Fookes has...