Pure Politics

Crabb launches campaign with promise to "keep putting Pembrokeshire first"

A UK General Election has been called and will be held on Thursday, 4^th July.

Stephen Crabb MP, Conservative Candidate for Mid and South Pembrokeshire

New Chairman takes the chains at Pembrokeshire County Council

Cllr Jon Harvey elected Leader of Pembrokeshire County Council

Protesters at Broad Haven and more than 30 locations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, will take to the water to call for an end to sewage pollution.

Pembrokeshire County Council Leader Cllr Jon Harvey has today named his Cabinet.

Postal votes for the upcoming Police and Crime Commissioner election can be returned as soon as received.

Pembrokeshire County Council Leader Cllr David Simpson has confirmed his intention to stand down next month.

Paul Davies Responds to St David’s Surgery news

The Welsh Government is investing £23.4 million in south west Wales to improve public transport and encourage economic growth, the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport, Ken Skates has said.

“There are people with learning disabilities and autistic people from Wales who are incarcerated in secure mental health or specialist learning disability hospital provision. Their only crime is being disabled. This is a human rights scandal.”

On Wednesday 17 April 2024, 1.00-2.30 pm, Stolen Lives will protest against Welsh Government inaction outside the Senedd, Cardiff Bay.

Residents in Pembrokeshire will need to show photographic ID to vote in local elections on 2nd May. Residents are being urged to make sure they are ready to vote by checking they have an accepted form of ID.

Castle Ward Surgery, Haverfordwest

A by-election will be held in St Ishmaels following the sad death of incumbent County Councillor Reg Owens last month.

On International Women’s day (March 8th) Women from the local Pro-Palestinian Group Solidarity with Palestine Pembrokeshire & Stop the War Pembrokeshire will lead a rally and deliver a petition to Stephen Crabb’s Office aimed to highlight the 12,300 children and babies as well as the 8,400 Women who have so far been slaughtered in Gaza at the hands of Israel’s genocide over the last few months. The rally will assemble at 3pm on Castle square. There will then be a peaceful procession led by women and children to deliver letters and the petition to Stephen Crabb’s office.

Plans underway for grant funding bid to reopen popular path

Pembrokeshire County Council is finalising plans to bid for Welsh Government funding to repair and reopen the recently closed Wiseman’s Bridge to Saundersfoot path.

Earlier this week, a delegation of students from Church in Wales VA School, Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi, visited the Senedd, bringing with them a special message to mark St. David’s Day.

A local luxury cheesecake company is spreading its wings and reaching new customers, thanks to grant funding and support from Pembrokeshire County Council’s business team.

A new video has been created in partnership with Pembrokeshire Supported Employment Programme (PSEP) to illustrate how accessible voting can be for all.

Pembrokeshire County Council has launched a new scheme to support town centres by helping property owners to revitalise and revive their properties.

Preseli Pembrokeshire MP Stephen Crabb has backed a campaign to support independent brewers and community pubs in Pembrokeshire in the Chancellor’s Spring Budget.

A call for Welsh Government intervention has been made by Senedd Member Paul Davies, after residents in Pembrokeshire continue to suffer as a result of odours from Withyhedge landfill site in Haverfordwest.

Local Senedd Member Paul Davies is backing Cancer Prevention Action Week. From the 19^th –25^th February, World Cancer Research Fund is holding its 2024 Cancer Prevention Action Week and this year’s theme is physical activity.

The Youth Work Excellence Awards are a chance to recognise and celebrate the outstanding youth work taking place across Wales. This year’s event is no exception with 27 youth workers and youth organisations in the finals.

On Tuesday, February 6, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Dafydd Llywelyn was on a Community Engagement Day, reinforcing connections and addressing local concerns within some of Pembrokeshire’s communities.

Almost 10,000 trips through areas of Wales were monitored in January, which found most Welsh drivers are adapting well and driving below the enforcement threshold for 20mph.

Pembrokeshire County Council’s Leader Cllr David Simpson has issued an open statement to all residents and businesses in Pembrokeshire warning of the unprecedented financial situation faced the Local Authority.

Recent storms have damaged Haverfordwest Castle’s two flagpoles leading to their temporary removal.

Members of the public are being asked to give their views on the Strategic Equality Plan for the next four years.

Mid and West Wales Senedd Member Eluned Morgan MS recently explored the inspiring potential of the newly opened Pentre Ifan Centre, hosted by Urdd Gobaith Cymru’s Chief Executive Sian Lewis

The Castle Pond link will be closed on its North side from the end of the month while new railings are installed by Pembrokeshire County Council.

Over 100 Pro-Palestine demonstrators took to the streets of Haverfordwest today [Saturday 20th Jan] where they staged a ‘Mock Funeral’ on Castle Square representing 24,448 dead Palestinians who have been killed in Israel’s War on Gaza in the last 100 days.

Eluned Morgan MS, Senedd Member for Mid and West Wales, visited the Letterston Warm Room on Friday 12th January, witnessing the positive impact this community hub has on local residents.