Interesting stats on the diversity of candidates in Thursday’s local elections in England

Beautiful afternoon in Mitchel Troy

I seem to have missed Welsh Labour calling for the Senedd to be dissolved for an election

🌟 Discover the Town Team! 🌟

This week, meet the unsung heroes keeping our town thriving. First up: Councillor Maureen Powell setting the scene. Stay tuned for our video series unveiling the faces behind the magic

! #MeetTheTeam #Abergavenny #CommunityHeroes

Wales is treated like garbage when it comes to UK coverage

Imagine, for a moment, how the UK wide media would react if the Prime Minister had done the following when running to be party leader:

- Taken a donation from a criminal.
- That donation had been 6X the spending limit

Disappointed that our motion to ensure local supply of milk for Monmouthshire’s schools and care homes was not supported by the ruling Labour group

Richard John That is a great shame. Maybe they don't want thriving businesses in Monmouthshire. MCC are making some terrible decisions these days.

A thread on the Welsh Labour administration voting down the dairy / milk contract motion . The blame was placed on Caerphilly Council for awarding it to a 1 rated business.

We wrote to the council with two key questions: when will the new space for the service for folks either learning disabilities be made accessible - and - why is there no accessible alternative in the interim? Can’t see how current position can be remotely defensible? 1/2

Maybe she should ask her Labour-run councils to stop cutting leisure centre opening hours

🚨 The Welsh Conservatives 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Group has announced their new Shadow Cabinet lineup.

Sam Rowlands MS continues as Policy Director.

Sam Kurtz MS is Group Chair.

The principle of a PCC is sound. No one who spends any time reporting on issues with the police can deny that many forces need more oversight and absolutely should not be marking their own homework.

But it has become a retirement home for career politicians who are so scared of

Delighted to announce our new Welsh Conservatives 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 shadow cabinet who’ll lead our party into the next Senedd election.

It’s time to drop Labour and Plaid’s ideological vanity projects like 20mph speed limits and 36 politicians more politicians, and focus on the people’s priorities.

Today, I had the opportunity to question the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change & Rural Affairs, as he took to the front bench in this role for the first time.
Following on from the two meetings at livestock marts, the protest at the Senedd and the 5,500 empty wellies