Early funding estimates for next year are “nowhere near enough” for local government services, the leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council has warned.
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‘It will be horrendous’: Why villagers are uniting to stop a new McDonald’s
Residents fear delays, gridlock, and more pollution on the already congested A472 – and they say the fast-food chain isn’t listening.
Polling day and candidates announced for Penyrheol by-election
A by-election will be held in the Penyrheol, Trecenydd, and Energlyn ward on Thursday December 11, to contest the seat left vacant following Lindsay Whittle’s election to the Senedd.
Tributes to a ‘dedicated public servant and a much-loved local character’
Tributes have been paid to the long-serving Van ward councillor Christine Forehead, who has passed away at the age of 81.
MS calls on Welsh Government to back calls to reopen railway line through Nelson
The Welsh Government should support calls for the reopening of Nelson’s railway line to passengers, Plaid Cymru’s deputy leader has said.
Calls to end ‘national disgrace’ of veteran homelessness
James Evans warned it was unacceptable to have veterans sleeping on the streets, arguing that guaranteeing them a home should be a matter of “principle, not paperwork”.
‘Something fundamental has happened within the political scene’
South Wales East MS Peredur Owen Griffiths discusses Plaid Cymru’s recent win in the Caerphilly Senedd by-election.
Councillors bid farewell to ‘Mr Caerphilly’ after his election to Senedd
Members of Caerphilly County Borough Council have bid a fond farewell to Lindsay Whittle, who has joined the Senedd after 49 years in local government.
Message of unity from council’s new leader
Cllr Jamie Pritchard has been named the new leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, and has pledged to work across party lines for the benefit of the borough’s residents.
‘This should not be happening in one of the richest countries in the world’
In his first blog for Caerphilly Observer since his by-election victory, Plaid Cymru MS Lindsay Whittle discusses poverty in Caerphilly, his first few weeks in the job, and more.