Penyrheol and Gorseinon councillors have provided £450 from their community budgets to help a local running club with their first aid training. 3M Gorseinon Runners have received the donation from Labour councillors Andrew Stevens and Jan Curtice (Penyrheol) and Cllr Kelly Roberts (Gorseinon) which will assist them with training on a defibrillator. And Mark […]
Swansea Labour and local residents have welcomed the intervention of the Welsh Government in recommending a deferral on a decision to allow a controversial incinerator in Llansamlet. And the people of Llansamlet are hoping the deferral leads to a permanent turning down of the application by Biffa Waste Services energy of a facility in the […]
The multi-storey car park in Swansea’s High Street is being upgraded to make the facility more welcoming for users. Swansea Council has undertaken a full repaint of the car park in an effort to brighten up the building. But along with the full repaint lighting will be improved, there will be additional CCTV coverage installed […]
Concerns are growing at the prospect of a waste incinerator being installed close to houses and a school in the Llansamlet area. More than 2,500 objections were posted on Swansea Council’s planning site about the application for a state-of-the-art incinerator situated in Clarion Close in Llansamlet from Biffa, the waste management company. And local Llansamlet […]
Swansea Labour are praising the efforts of residents to recycle their plastic. Households are getting the message from Swansea Council that flimsy plastic such as bubble wrap and bags are not accepted in the Council’s kerbside plastic recycling service. This has resulted in the Council collecting better quality plastic that can be passed on for […]
Swansea Labour are driving a new £5.9m scheme to improve some of the hundreds of miles of roads and pavements within the city and county. The Labour-led Swansea Council has given the green light to a programme of work to maintain its Highway Infrastructure which includes roads, pavements, bridges and street lighting. In February the […]
The Labour-led Swansea Council is attempting to ensure the transformation of Swansea’s Kingsway will be back on track soon. The Council is hoping to complete a deal with Welsh civil engineering contractor Griffiths that will enable work to re-start on the £12m transformation of the key city centre thoroughfare shortly. Swansea Labour leader and Council […]
The Labour-led council is driving forward the celebrations to mark Swansea’s 50th anniversary of its city status. There are a series of major events and community celebrations being organised to help the city make 2019 a truly memorable occasion. Swansea Labour leader Rob Stewart, the Leader of Swansea Council, said: “Swansea is a great Welsh […]
The access to and provision of public toilets across Swansea is to become the focus of a new strategy by the Labour-controlled City Council. That will include a public consultation about the provision of toilet facilities. Along with all councils in Wales, Swansea Council, has been tasked with publishing a Local Toilets Strategy which will […]
Swansea Labour has slammed opposition parties for trying to dismantle their investment programme including funding teachers’ pay, social care and support for local communities. The ruling Labour group also accused the opposition of measures that would have threatened the future of the Wales National Airshow, put Christmas celebrations in the city in jeopardy and deliver […]