Tag Archives: cuts

“Plaid councillors have a choice of whether to vote for cuts or not” Carmarthenshire County UNISON branch has written to Plaid Cymru councillors to demand they step backs from cuts. The Plaid Cymru group on the council has found £20 million in council reserves. But instead of using the cash to protect services and campaign for their permanent funding from ...

Carmarthenshire council party change means no change in cuts Plaid Cymru claimed all the way through the recent General Election campaign that it was one of the “anti-austerity” parties. Having seized power in Carmarthenshire Council from Labour when the Independents changed sides, Plaid has had an opportunity to demonstrate its anti-austerity commitment since May. But as a recent press release ...

Rhydyfelin campaigners show it pays to fight cuts In a stunning victory campaigners have forced Rhondda Cynon Taff council to re-open Rhydyfelin library. After occupying the library and chaining themselves to the bookshelves the campaign took the council to court over the procedure for closing the library. The combined pressure of a vibrant campaign by the community with the threat ...

Campaigners slam RCT council for library closure By Dave Reid Community campaigners occupied Rhydyfelin Library near Pontypridd on May 31 in protest at its closure by Rhondda Cynon Taff council. Four of them chained themselves to the bookshelves. The library was due to close that afternoon but 100 local people thronged into it in a community show of support for ...