The Labour-led Swansea administration is set to give the go ahead for a £2m road repair cash injection over the coming months. This will come under proposals being seen by Swansea Council’s Cabinet next week. Some of the money is already being earmarked for street re-surfacing across the entire city, starting in Uplands with more […]
Swansea Labour has slammed the Conservatives on the city council saying they cannot be trusted “to run a whelk stall”. The accusation came after the Conservative group leader, Lyndon Jones voted against an important cross-party agreement. All parties on the Swansea City Council had agreed a response to a Welsh Government proposal to form Council […]
Cyclists, runners and walkers who use the promenade path in West Cross will notice a big difference in the coming weeks. That is because £80,000-worth of low level lighting is being installed along a 1km stretch of the prom courtesy of West Cross Labour Councillors Des Thomas and Mark Child. The pair have pooled their […]
The Swansea Labour-led Council has again reiterated its support for tackling food poverty in the city. And because of that support charities and volunteers aiming to transform lives by helping to put food on the tables of families facing hardship have the chance to do even more for their communities. Because the Labour council administration […]
Swansea Labour councillors and Mike Hedges MS have welcomed the news that BIFFA have withdrawn their appeal to have a waste incinerator situated in Llansamlet. The Swansea Council planning committee had rejected the original BIFFA application. But although the company had pledged to fight that rejection they have now withdrawn that appeal. This application would […]
The Swansea Labour-led council is urging people to continue shopping local through and beyond lockdown. Swansea traders are working with the Labour council administration to launch a #ShopLocalShopSwansea campaign. The initiative will embrace the whole area and will begin with a close focus on Morriston to build on existing regeneration work there. Labour Cllr Robert […]
The Swansea Council Labour cabinet has agreed an ambitious vision to see the city could go net carbon zero by the middle of the century. Swansea Council has already set itself the target of being a net carbon zero council within the decade, and now the Labour Cabinet has agreed to get the ball rolling […]
Swansea Labour’s commitment to improving education across the city has been bolstered by a number of school investment projects. Work is progressing well on five major school schemes bolstered by Swansea Council and Welsh Government investment. More than £50m is currently being spent on new buildings and improved facilities at Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, Bishopston Comprehensive, […]
A pilot recycling scheme in Swansea launched by the Labour-led council administration in 2019 has led to a huge increase in recycling. Shoppers in the city centre have helped Swansea Council recycle more than 145,000 recyclable items over the trial period including plastic and glass bottles, cans and coffee cups and reduced contamination rates by […]
The Swansea Labour-led Council is behind promoting free courses to help more people get online during National Adult Safeguarding Week in a bid to eradicate loneliness and isolation. A key theme of this year’s event is ‘Staying Connected’. The Council’s Lifelong Learning Team runs free regular courses to support beginners to get online. Labour Cllr […]