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Tag: Colin Mann

Council calls for St David’s Day to be made bank holiday

Thursday, January 27, 2022Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Caerphilly County Borough Council will lobby both the Welsh Government and UK Government to make St David’s Day a national bank holiday.

Stress and mental health illnesses increase amongst council workforce

Tuesday, January 4, 2022Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Despite overall staff sickness being down, the amount of working days lost to stress, depression, anxiety, mental health and fatigue had increased.

Should owners of empty houses pay more council tax?

Tuesday, January 4, 2022Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Owners of homes left empty for more than a year should pay 50% more council tax, the leader of the council’s Plaid Cymru group has said.

Day care centre motion rejected by council

Wednesday, November 17, 2021Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Currently, council-owned day centres are operating on a reduced basis – something which has been fiercely criticised by carers.

Day care centre motion rejected by council

Tuesday, November 2, 2021Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Carers have called for day centres to operate as they did before the pandemic, but the council has said this is not possible because the service users are vulnerable to Covid.

Councillors back plans to tackle homelessness

Monday, October 25, 2021Monday, October 25, 2021

According to Caerphilly County Borough Council, there are 281 people currently in temporary accommodation due to homelessness.

‘Just sat on a pile of money’ – council criticised over £180m reserves

Tuesday, October 19, 2021Tuesday, October 19, 2021

During a special council meeting on October 14, it was revealed the council has more than £180m in useable reserves.

“Thorough” public consultation into day care centre provision to be held

Thursday, September 30, 2021Thursday, September 30, 2021

Currently, day care centres are operating on a limited basis due to Covid restrictions, which has drawn fierce criticism from carers and opposition parties.

Council continues to face calls for day care centres to return to pre-pandemic hours

Tuesday, September 21, 2021Thursday, September 23, 2021

The council is continuing to face calls for its day care centres to return to pre-pandemic opening hours.

Protesters gather at site of controversial waste plant

Monday, September 13, 2021Tuesday, September 14, 2021

More than 400 residents gathered in Cwmfelinfach to protest against controversial plans for a new waste plant.

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