Education
Education
Education first, second and third. With more competition now than ever before for jobs, we need to make sure our future generation grow in a learning society, best equipped for the new era of work.
We have amazing schools in the rhondda, let’s unleash our children’s potential, shine a light on their talents and raise their ambitions to thrive in the future. Education is one of our public sector pillars, we must continue to support to ensure we are a far fairer country.
Latest News
Banking Hub for Rhondda
Labour will stop the decline of the great British high street and bring much-needed banking services back to communities in the Rhondda. Labour has announced it will accelerate the rollout of ‘banking hubs’ which help people deposit and take out cash as well as...
Acquired Brain Injury Bill
My Acquired Brain Injury Bill will receive its Second reading on Friday 3rd December. The Bill commits the government to prepare and publish a strategy to meet the needs of children and adults with an ABI. Acquired Brain Injury is a leading cause of death and...
Section 19 Statement
We would like to thank Rhondda Cynon Taf Council for their thorough investigations and robust action following the flooding events of February 2020. The much anticipated section 19 report, conducted to ascertain the cause of the flooding, confirms what we have...
Getting There
Most of us have to travel to get to work. For years the Treherbert service has been terrible. Two carriages instead of four. No seats. Filthy toilets. Delays and cancellations. Thanks to Chris’s campaigning, from 2022 brand-new trains will run every 15 minutes,...
Universal Credit
When the Tories introduced Universal Credit they insisted that nobody would get any money for the first five weeks unless they applied for a loan. Chris has called on the government time and again to abolish this five week window. “People in the Rhondda aren’t looking...
Rhondda Arts Festival
At the last election Chris promised to help set up a Rhondda Arts Festival with Treorchy Comprehensive. True to his word the first Festival was in 2018 and this June thousands came along to the open-air cinema in Treorchy, saw the British Museum’s Japanese dragon,...