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MODEST CHANGES TO SHIELDING FROM TODAY
- June 1, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Update on shielding in Wales Following recent discussions with the Chief Medical Officer for Wales and the announcement made last night in England, the Minister for Health and Social Services has issued a statement containing modest changes to the advice for shielding people. Approximately 130,000 people in Wales are shielding because they have an underlying
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MS: LOCKDOWN LIKELY TO MEAN INCREASE IN GAMBLING ADDICTION
- May 28, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Responding to news that gambling giant Playtech has abandoned attempts to use a legal loophole to dodge a £3.5million fine, Pontypridd Member of Senedd, Mick Antoniw has called on the UK Government to treat online gambling as a threat to public health and warned that lockdown may mean an increase in the number of people
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EVERYONE IN WALES WITH SYMPTOMS CAN NOW BOOK COVID-19 TEST
- May 19, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Wales is part of a new UK-wide system for ordering home testing kits, in line with the Welsh Government’s Test Trace Protect strategy. Everyone in Wales with symptoms of coronavirus is now able to request a test via a new online booking service. The four UK Chief Medical Officers have confirmed that the loss
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‘ROADMAP FOR REOPENING OUR SOCIETY’ PUBLISHED
- May 15, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
The Welsh Government has published ‘Unlocking our society and economy: Continuing the conversation’ – a road map for reopening our society. The document: explains where we are now in terms of preparing to lift restrictions; sets out how we will review any changes we wish to make to the restrictions; outlines our proposed ‘traffic light’ approach to
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NO GOING BACK TO AUSTERITY AFTER CORONAVIRUS
- May 12, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
In this discussion piece, which was published in the Western Mail on Saturday 9 May 2020., I argue that post coronavirus there must be no going back to austerity. I’d be really interested in any views you have on this. You can email me at: [email protected] If Coronavirus has taught us anything, it is
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COVID-19 KEY CONTACTS LEAFLET AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
- April 27, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Over the last month my team and I have received hundreds of emails and calls from people seeking help with a wide range of issues connected to the coronavirus pandemic. To help ensure people have access to key contact information Alex Davies-Jones MP have distributed a ‘key contacts’ leaflet to all homes in the pontypridd
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NEW £100K PONTYPRIDD FLOOD RECOVERY FUND OPENS
- April 20, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd and Member of Parliament Alex Davies-Jones have announced the opening of a new fund to help those residents in Pontypridd who continue to experience social and economic hardship as a result of the recent flooding. The £100,000 fund has been made possible by a donation by the Moondance Foundation,
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AM: CALLS TO REOPEN YNYSANGHARAD PARK ARE PREMATURE
- April 17, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
A number of constituents have asked for my thoughts regarding calls to reopen Ynysangharad Park. Here’s my view: The next three weeks lockdown is going to be difficult. The weather will continue to improve . We have some beautiful countryside , open spaces and parks around us where many of us take our daily exercise
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AM & MP OPPOSE ‘UNSAFE AND UNSUSTAINABLE’ COEDELY DEVELOPMENT
- April 17, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Assembly Member Mick Antoniw and Member of Parliament Alex Davies-Jones have joined forces with local residents to oppose a 76-home development in Coedely. The planning application, which was refused by RCT Council’s Planning Committee last year is currently being considered by Planning Inspectorate Wales as part of the appeals process. Alex Davies-Jones and Mick Antoniw
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1000 RCT BUSINESSES YET TO TAKE UP WELSH GOV GRANTS
- April 9, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
In response to the COVID 19 pandemic the Welsh Government announced a significant package of financial support for all businesses that are registered on the Council business rates records as at 20th March 2020. At the time of posting, there are 1000 qualifying businesses in RCT who are yet to take up the grant. Any