Latest News
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Ukraine Ban on Asbestos
- April 21, 2021
- Posted by: Mick 4 Ponty
- Category: Latest News
I and the other signatories of this letter (Ian Lavery, Anas Sarwar, and Stephen Timms) have been working for many years with asbestos victims, trade unionists and health and safety campaigners to eradicate the scourge caused by the UK’s use of six million tonnes of asbestos and progress efforts for improved conditions and medical treatments
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Mick welcomes £101,000 Welsh Government Grant to restore and modernise Clwb y Bont
- March 17, 2021
- Posted by: Mick 4 Ponty
- Category: Latest News
Clwb Y Bont was founded in the spirit of a co-operative in 1983, and has been at the heart of Pontypridd’s cultural life ever since. It provides a space for a diverse range of social, cultural and educational events, but it is also a place where people can use and hear the Welsh language, as
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VACCINE ROLL-OUT PLAN PUBLISHED
- January 11, 2021
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Welsh Government has published its plan to vaccinate the 2.5m adults in #wales The key milestones are: By mid-February vaccination offered to approx 700,000 in 4 groups: o All care home residents and staff o Frontline health and social care staff o Everyone over 70 o And everyone who is clinically extremely vulnerable. By Spring,
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UPDATED ADVICE TO THOSE SHIELDING
- January 7, 2021
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Further to the Welsh Government statement on 22 December about updated advice to people who are clinically extremely vulnerable, you can download a version of the letter that has been sent to approximately 130,000 people on the shielding patient list here. Guidance for those who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable can also be found on the following
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BREXIT DEAL – THE CLOCK IS NOW TICKING ON THE FUTURE OF THE UK
- December 30, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Latest News
In a speech today (30 December 2020) at the Senedd, Mick Antoniw, Member of the Welsh Parliament for Pontypridd has warned that the Tory Government’s Brexit deal by-passes Welsh interests and concentrates even more power in the hands of the Westminster Government. The warning follows the publication of the UK Government’s EU Future Relations Bill,
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CELEBRATING WELSH FEMALE STEM ROLE MODELS
- December 22, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Latest News
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vital role science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) play in the world today and earlier this year at the Welsh Parliament I asked how the increased profile of female scientists during the pandemic can be used to increase participation of girls and young women in STEM subjects. Welsh Government
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STANDING UP FOR RHYS DAVIES WORKERS
- December 17, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
At the Senedd yesterday I raised the issue of the disgraceful way Rhys Davies Logistics workers have been treated by the parent company with Ken Skates MS, Minister for Economy and Transport. I am pleased that Welsh Government is pursuing some of the issues I raised with the UK Treasury and are providing support in
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MY 2020 ANNUAL REPORT IS AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
- December 15, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
My annual report to residents is currently being distributed to as many homes in Pontypridd as possible. It has been a year unlike any other, with many challenges still ahead of us. If you haven’t received a copy you can download my report here. If you have any questions on any of the content or
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‘RHYS DAVIES WORKERS VICTIMS OF ASSET STRIPPING EXERCISE’
- December 10, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Member of Senedd for Pontypridd and Member of Parliament Alex Davies-Jones have called on parent company of Rhys Davies Logistics to ensure that workers do not become the victims of an asset stripping exercise. The intervention follows news that workers at the Taff’s Well company’s site were told to attend a meeting where
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LOCAL MS MICK ANTONIW WELCOMES COMMUNITY SHOP RE-OPENING IN EFAIL ISAF
- December 4, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Member of the Senedd for Pontypridd, has welcomed the re-opening of the village shop in Efail Isaf and pledged his support to help secure the return of a post office for the community. The shop re-opened on November 27 to the delight of people in the village who had missed having a local