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, designed their own dragon at school, joined the Workers Art Gallery events, attended one of fifteen concerts or watched Romeo and Juliet on the mountainside. And as Trustees we’re planning for something bigger and better next year.

Mineworkers Pension Scheme Uplift

Mineworkers Pension Scheme Uplift

Today I am proud to say that today the Labour Government is ending the historic injustice of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme. In the Budget, the Chancellor announced that we are delivering on our manifesto commitment to return the Investment Reserve to mineworkers,...

Banking Hub for Rhondda

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

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...