The Welsh Government has urged people struggling with their finances to get help after it recently approved funding for a new helpline.A £2.3 million funding package for Citizens Advice Cymru has been…
Author: Richard Gurner
Workers to strike at Crumlin’s Pot Noodle factory
Workers at the Pot Noodle factory in Crumlin are set to go on strike next week over a pension dispute with employers Unilever.The company wants to end its final salary scheme. Unite,…
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s blog: January 11
In his regular blog for Caerphilly Observer South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle gives his take on recent news.Boundary Shake-up I must say I was shocked by the proposals put forward by…
Police appeal after Argoed burglary
Gwent Police is appealing for information to a burglary in Argoed, Blackwood that happened between Tuesday December 20 and Wednesday December 21.A house in Sunnyview was broken into and a number of…
Most radical redrawing of region’s political map in 70 years will reduce Wales’s influence at Westminster, Labour says
Caerphilly and Islwyn could disappear from Parliamentary map
The Parliamentary constituencies of Caerphilly and Islwyn could disappear off the Parliamentary political map after plans to slash the number of Welsh MPs were unveiled.
The Boundary Commission for Wales has proposed cutting the number of Welsh MPs’ seats from 40 to 30, with the names and sizes of constituencies being changed.
Welsh Government will pay to replace breast implants
The Welsh Government has said it will pay for the replacement of banned breast implants.The implants, from French firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), were banned last year after they were found to…
Old computer equipment needed for IT Amnesty
Residents wanting to get rid of their old computer equipment and mobile phones will be able to donate them as part of an ‘IT Amnesty’.The scheme will be held at eight collection…
Islwyn MP faces Coleg Gwent question time
Politics students at Coleg Gwent’s Crosskeys campus recently gave Islwyn MP Chris Evans a grilling.Mr Evans was visiting the campus to speak to the students about his work in Parliament after their…
Council plan to ease traffic congestion in Maesycwmmer
Caerphilly County Borough Council has announced it is drawing up plans to improve traffic flow and ease congestion along the busy A472 in Maesycwmmer.The junction at the traffic lights in the heart…