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COVID-19 RECOVERY: LET’S NOT FORGET MINORITY SPORTS
- July 9, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Latest News
During my contribution to the Senedd debate on Welsh sport’s recovery from Covid-19 I was keen to highlight the importance of ‘non-mainstream’ sports such as ParaCheer and dance. Pontypridd is home to world-beating teams ‘Team Wales ParaCheer’ and ‘Dance Crazy Studios’.
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MS CALLS FOR AEROSPACE SKILLS TO BE PRESERVED
- July 7, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
I’ve called on BA to withdraw its threat of redundancy from workers in Wales and across the UK and to engage with trades union to discuss the best way jobs and skills can be protected for the future. To make workers redundant, then re-employ them on reduced terms and conditions is outrageous and certainly not
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MS WELCOMES ‘ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP’ TOWARDS A LLANTRISANT – CARDIFF METRO LINE
- July 1, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Pontypridd Member of Senedd Mick Antoniw has welcomed a further £565,000 awarded to RCT Council from the Welsh Government’s Local Transport Fund to further develop proposals for a Llantrisant to Cardiff Metro line (‘the Cardiff North-West’ rail line). The award follows initial funding of £135,000 in 2019 which allowed the completion of the first stage
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A&E DECISION FANTASTIC NEWS FOR TAFF ELY AND BEYOND
- June 22, 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 declared the decision to recommend that a full-time, consultant-led A&E is retained at the Royal Glamorgan hospital as ‘fantastic news for Taff Ely and beyond’. The recommendation by the South Wales Programme Project Group will be put to the full
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INAUGURAL JOINT PARLIAMENTARY MEETING AS GAMBLING FEARS RISE
- June 15, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Tomorrow (16 June 2020) Mick Antoniw, Member of Senedd for Pontypridd will chair the first joint meeting of Welsh and UK Parliamentary groups concerned with gambling addiction. The meeting coincides with a significant increase in the number of people betting online during lockdown and growing concern that the return of sport to our televisions will
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LOCAL ESTATE GETS ULTRAFAST BROADBAND BOOST
- June 10, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Member of Senedd for Pontypridd has confirmed that after many months of campaigning, BT Openreach have fitted ultrafast broadband to all homes on the Dyffryn-y-Coed estate in Llantwit Fardre. The work has been carried out at no cost to residents, with connectivity made direct to each property. Mick Antoniw MS said: “I’m pleased
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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