South Wales East AM and Penyrheol ward councillor Lindsay Whittle gives his take on the latest news.
Category: Opinion
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s blog: May 1
South Wales East AM and Penyrheol ward councillor Lindsay Whittle gives his take on the latest news.
Cllr Ray Davies: “Now is the time to scrap Trident”
On Monday, Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen councillor Ray Davies was among a group of anti-Trident protesters who chained themselves together outside the gates of a Scottish naval base. Cllr Davies was arrested and charged by police for being part of the demo.
Here he outlines his opposition to nuclear weapons and gives a picture of what the atmosphere was like on the protest.
Welsh ICE Blog: Success for Jobs Growth Wales
In her column for the Caerphilly Observer, businesswoman and Welsh ICE director Mandy Weston takes a look at the Jobs Growth Wales scheme.
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s blog: April 17
I went back to my old primary school, Cwm Ifor, last week during the National Assembly’s recess to help pupils with their learning, spending three days at the primary school in my ward, Penyrheol.
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s blog: April 3
Caerphilly Council Well, it seems the senior officers’ pay fiasco is going to prove costly – and not just in the wages of 21 top officials at Caerphilly council. The authority has…
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s blog: March 20
Caerphilly Council A lot has happened in the two weeks since my last Observer column. Avon and Somerset Police has been called in following the damning unlawful verdict from the Wales Audit…
Welsh ICE Blog: Consider the benefit apprentices can bring to your business
In her column for the Caerphilly Observer, businesswoman and Welsh ICE director Mandy Weston considers the importance of apprenticeships.
Aesthetically, rugby is unwatchable. But all sport is a tribal rite, and Wales v England provides an unbeatable clash of cultures
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith defends the “Bedroom Tax”
From April 1 2013, changes to housing benefit by the UK Government will mean that working-age recipients could face a cut of 14% to their payments for one spare bedroom, and a 25% cut for two spare bedrooms or more.
Critics have labelled the cut a “Bedroom Tax”. Here, Iain Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary, outlines the UK Government’s argument for the change.