Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

In case it still isn't very apparent, the council, via the working group are aiming, they say, to be the 'most open council in W...

A few hours after Mark James's budget was approved on Tuesday , Labour Minister Leighton Andrews issued a statement, again referrin...

The sound wasn't working for the first twenty minutes of today's council webcast but when it did kick in, the Chamber was in mid...

Later post 6th March ; The Carmarthenshire Herald - the first Edition --------------------------------------------------------- (Upd...

A few weeks ago Carmarthenshire Council entered the rankings of Stonewall UK's top 100 employers, at joint 94th. This recognition of...

The Carmarthenshire County Council Hengoed seat was held by Labour tonight with 335 votes. Penny Edwards was duly elected. Plaid came se...

The Cardiff High Court judgement over the granting of planning permission for the 'Dylan Thomas wind turbine' was handed down to...

(Update below) Back in 2012 I referred to an Ombudsman's report which upheld a complaint against Carmarthenshire Council relatin...

The latest stats for Local Authority Performance 2013 -14 have just been published by the Welsh Governmet and like the recent traffic li...

As usual, yesterday's meeting, in its entirety, can be viewed  here so I will only refer to a couple of points. Due to Mr James...

Further to the news that Carmarthenshire Council is planning to outsource all leisure and cultural services, the Carmarthenshire branch...

The news that the EU Commission has decided, after an informal assessment, not to investigate Carmarthenshire Council over illegal State...

(Update below) Back in October the council tendered for a consultant 'to assist with the delivery of an alternative trust manageme...

Further to my earlier blogpost, Next week's meeting - Scrutiny sidelined , it seems that the decision to to shove Scrutiny and Plann...

The Hengoed council by-election will be held on the 19th February. I don't usually endorse any candidates but I'm making an exce...

Following the announcement on Wednesday that chief executive Mark James is remaining in post for the time being, Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan...

Please also see later post, 8th Feb; Sidelining scrutiny - Premature and Unconstitutional   Seasoned council webcast viewers may have...

The White Paper on local government democracy in Wales was published the other day, launched by Minister Leighton Andrews (Lab).  It appears...

As if things couldn't get any worse, this nauseous press release has just appeared on the council website. The prospect of being ref...

At around the same time last year that County Hall were shelling out hundreds of thousands defending appalling financial impropriety, (s...

It's exactly a year ago today that the Wales Audit Office published the pension payment and libel indemnity public interest reports...

Here's a list of the candidates for the County Council by-election for Hengoed ward to be held on the 19th February. It is a two-Mem...

With budget proposals to cut nearly £3.3m from highway maintenance over the next three years, the state of Carmarthenshire's roads i...

The Ombudsman's report which I referred to the other day, and which is a public interest report, has now been published and can be f...