I came across these two tables during my late-night researches into the recent increases in council tax here in Pembrokeshire. The first shows the levels in the 22 Welsh local authorities back in 2018 and the second the situation in the current financial year (2024/2025). Unfortunately, as I don’t have the exact figures from 2018,... Read More »
The fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Cleddau Bridge brings back memories. Just a couple of weeks before the bridge collapsed, my building company, R M Stoddart Construction Ltd, signed the contract with Pembrokeshire County Council to build the offices, walls and toll booths at the bridge. After the bridge collapsed during construction, the... Read More »
Followers of the Pembrokeshire Council Watch (PCW) Facebook page may have noticed that things have recently become a bit fractious between Cllr Alan Dennison and myself. It all follows from my most recent post which carried details of the deal – some would say stitch-up – between the Independent Political (sic) Group and the cabinet that... Read More »
There was an outbreak of sweetness and light at last Thursday’s meeting of full council when the Independent Political Group and the Cabinet agreed to raise your council tax by more than 9%. True there was a bit of give and take because the Cabinet member for finance Cllr Josh Beynon’s original idea was to... Read More »
The extraordinary council meeting called to consider the Cabinet’s budget proposals broke up in disarray when former leader of the Independent Political Group, Cllr Jamie Adams, proposed that proceedings should be adjourned in order that possible further funding from Welsh Government, due to be announced later that same day, could be factored into the council... Read More »
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