Following Pembrokeshire County Council's decision to impose an additional tax of 50% on empty houses and second homes, set up a working group to review the impact of the decision and allocate the extra money to funding affordable housing and local services, Tamsin Davies Chair of Cymdeithas' Sustainable Communities group said:
Language campaigners have claimed that a review of the Government's Welsh-medium education strategy published today highlights 'major failings' which call for radical changes to the system.
In welcoming the decision of Carmarthenshire County County Council's Education and Children'r Scrutiny Committee today to allow Bancffosfelen and Llaneli schools more time to assemble the case for survival Cymdeithas called on the Council to make this a new start, not just a temporary reprieve.
Ffred Ffransis Said:
In an open letter to the leader of Carmarthenshire County Council (Cllr Emlyn Dole) and to the chair (Cllr Mair Stephens) and vice chair (Cllr Cefin Campbell) of the Welsh language Advisory Panel, Cymdeithas has asked whether the Council will have a new language policy in place by the end of the month as it has promised.
Children in the Neath Port Talbot area could be the only ones in Wales denied the right to swimming lessons in Welsh following the local council’s legal challenge to a new law.
Neath Port Talbot Council has mounted a challenge to over fifty Welsh Language Standards, regulations that create new rights to receive services in Welsh, more than any other council in the country. They are also the only local authority to challenge a duty that would create a right for children to receive swimming lessons in Welsh.
Language campaigners have welcomed the news that there will be no cuts to S4C's funding from the television licence fee.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has called for a long-term funding formula as well as devolving broadcasting to Wales. The Conservative Party's 2015 general election manifesto promised to 'safeguard' S4C's funding.
