Unlike the controversy caused by the UK Government not guaranteeing free school meals, in Swansea and across Wales pupils who are eligible will continue to receive them. It means thanks to Labour those who need them will receive free school meals during the Christmas holidays and up to and including the Easter break in 2021. […]
The Swansea Labour-led council is right behind the round-the-clock support that is being offered people experiencing or at risk of domestic abuse especially during the current Covid-19 firebreak. The Council’s hi-tech chatbot is still available to provide advice and signposting to get help as part of its domestic abuse services. It supplements the work of […]
The two-week firebreak will see more work carried out as Swansea’s Kingsway project moves closer to completion. And the Labour-led Swansea Council has ensured work will be continue unabated. Construction work can continue in line with the latest Welsh Government restrictions and this will apply to the £12m Kingsway scheme that has progressed throughout the […]
The Labour-led Swansea Council is transforming the way it works to support communities and families through the firebreak announced by the Welsh Government. It has also pledged to protect jobs and businesses during this challenging time. And a number of critical front-line services like recycling, social services, child care, burials and emergency highways and council […]
Three Swansea schools are set to see their energy bills reduced as the Labour city council administration extends its green power commitment. The schools – Pentrehafod, Gowerton and Pontarddulais Comprehensives – will benefit after they had solar cells fitted during the summer holidays. Swansea Council is working in collaboration with Egni Co-op and the Welsh […]
The Swansea Labour-led council is ensuring people who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic get the right support and training to help them back into the workplace. During the past six months the Council’s employability service, Swansea Working, has assisted 679 people in some way with 109 helped directly into work and 122 supported […]
A new booking system is set to be introduced at Swansea’s biggest recycling centre to help reduce waiting times for residents visiting the site. More than 600 vehicles a day are visiting Llansamlet, the biggest and busiest of the council’s recycling centres with the Labour-led Council keen to ensure visitor safety but at the same […]
The Swansea Labour-led Council has pledged to do all it can to ensure there will be no going back to homelessness for those who have been supported through the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of people who have sought help from the council over the past six months have been found a place to live, many of […]
Three Swansea communities have been praised by the Labour-led Council for helping the city fight the pandemic in a new way. The Labour-held wards of Penclawdd, Townhill and Penyrheol all have mobile testing units (MTUs) that are giving coronavirus tests to hundreds of Swansea people. The units are situated at Penclawdd Community Centre, Townhill Community […]
The Swansea Labour council administration is urging people to continue making donations to the city’s network of food banks as more families turn to them for support. Those running food banks say they are experiencing rising demand with more people hit financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The centres across the city need basic […]