Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more

With Plaid's decision to spend £20m of the council reserves coming up for the rubber stamp at Monday's Executive Board meeting i...

Back in March, when the Plaid group were in opposition, they were quick to highlight the perils of outsourcing, specifically in referenc...

Another year has almost passed in the weird and wacky world of Carmarthenshire Council. I'm not writing an in-depth review of 2015,...

The council's 'strategic economic vision' for Cross Hands appears to be becoming more of a mirage as the huge site earmarked...

Aside from an initial breath of fresh air from several sixth formers giving their views on the council's budget proposals, including...

At it's meeting yesterday Llanelli Rural Council decided to amend it's rules to allow members of the public to film or record it...

Last month I mentioned proposals from the Independent Remuneration Panel Wales (IRPW) to cut some Executive Board salaries by 10%, see C...

This week's Herald takes another look at the unfolding mess over the use, or misue, of EU money for the Coastal Care programme. Alth...

Must just mention a press release issued by the Plaid administration on Friday, never a particularly good time to attract worldwide atte...

Next week's full council agenda has been published and includes a couple of interesting questions from members.  Further to my pr...

This week's Carmarthenshire Herald takes a look at the shelved 2010 investigation into the Council's planning services with refe...

Update 3rd December ; The Committee decided to go on a site visit to look at the development below so the decision was deferred until th...

Update 30th November below Just a few more words about Carmarthenshire's budget consultation which kicked off last week with an on...

Labour secured a narrow victory over Plaid in yesterday's county council by-election, retaining the Kidwelly seat by just 40 votes. ...

Further to my earlier post, Budget time again..and £18m axed from schools , a few words about this morning's ten minute Executive Bo...

This week's Llanelli Herald takes another look at the shady world of Carmarthenshire's Planning Services and confirms that Nia G...

I have mentioned the subject of council prayers several times on this blog and the issue has been the subject of some debate and controv...

Earlier this month the Council's Executive Board turned off the webcam, threw out the press and public and went into private session...

The planned council budget cuts of £40m over the next three years come up for their first airing on Monday. It's early days but the ...

As reported by several newspapers, the Welsh Town Hall Rich List was published today. The figures for our favourite basket case, Carmart...

The Western Mail has reported on the latest  draft report from the Independent Remuneration Panel for Wales (IRPW). This is the body wh...

This week's Herald puts the spotlight yet again on Carmarthenshire's notorious planning 'process'. One of the articles c...

I'm sure it won't have escaped your attention that the Coca-Cola lorry is visiting Llanelli. An overexcited, breathless  press r...

We are very fortunate that the Executive Board meets before its official meetings, and after, to ensure all are in happy cosy agreement...

If you agree with the following petition statement, which is so highly relevant to Carmarthenshire, please click here and add your sign...