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AM CALLS FOR WELSH GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ON ROYAL GLAMORGAN A&E
- January 30, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Assembly Member for Pontypridd Mick Antoniw, whose constituency is home to the Royal Glamorgan hospital, has called on the Welsh Government to urgently intervene to prevent down-grading or removal of A&E services at the Royal Glamorgan hospital. In a question to Health Minister Vaughan Gething, Mick Antoniw said: “During the South Wales programme I and
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PROPOSED CONGESTION CHARGE MUST HAVE FAIRNESS AT ITS HEART
- January 22, 2020
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd has called for any congestion charge introduced by Cardiff County Council to be fair to those who commute into Cardiff to work. In a question to First Minister Mark Drakeford AM, Mick Antoniw stressed that the cost of any congestion charge should not fall disproportionately on the poorest communities;
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LONG-LOST MINERS’ BANNER DISCOVERED
- October 24, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Ex-miners in Coedely, Tonyrefail are celebrating the rediscovery of their long-lost lodge banner after thirty-four years. A search was instigated earlier this year for the hand-made banner, which had been a prominent feature at marches and miners’ galas since the early 1960’s and was eventually found in an ex-miner’s attic, boxed and in excellent condition.
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AM PROUD OF WELSH GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD
- October 21, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd has praised the Welsh Government’s environmental record and its plans to help tackle the climate emergency. In an interview with local environmental campaigner Caspar Harris, Mick Antoniw noted that the Welsh Government became the first nation in the UK to declare a climate emergency and has achieved world-class recycling
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LLANTRISANT TO CARDIFF METRO FEASIBILITY UNDERWAY
- October 17, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd has joined forces with Cardiff West’s Mark Drakeford AM, RCT Council leader Andrew Morgan and Cardiff Council’s Huw Thomas to campaign for a Metro line from Llantrisant to Cardiff, with potential spurs to Pontyclun, Beddau and Talbot Green. A £135,000 feasibility study is now underway.
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AM HELPS FIND NEW HOME FOR LOCAL CLUB
- October 17, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd has linked up with Transport for Wales to find a new permanent home for Pontypridd’s Model Train Club. The club, which was established forty-six years ago has been without a permanent home for the last twelve years. Mick Antoniw said: “Pontypridd station is a particularly appropriate location given the
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AM’s OCTOBER 2019 GTFM INTERVIEW
- October 15, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw AM’s monthly GTFM interview for October 2019.
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WILL THE UNION SURVIVE BREXIT?
- October 14, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
The United Kingdom is facing an unprecedented constitutional crisis on a scale the like of which we have not experienced for several centuries. The very future of the UK is in question. It is not a crisis caused by Brexit, but the experience of the last three years has been a catalyst for a new
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AM BACKS VOTES FOR 16 & 17 YEAR OLDS
- October 11, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw, Assembly Member for Pontypridd has welcomed the decision to lower of the voting age to 16, in elections to the National Assembly. The proposal will mean that in the next elections to the Senedd, in 2021, the franchise will be extended to 16 and 17 year olds. Mick Antoniw said: “I am delighted
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AM SUPPORTS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
- October 9, 2019
- Posted by: Mick Antoniw AM
- Category: Featured, Latest News
Mick Antoniw is supporting World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2019, which this year is focusing on suicide prevention. Mick Antoniw said: “I’m supporting World Mental Health Day and its focus on suicide prevention. “Every suicide is a tragedy and whilst men are more likely to take their own life, the female suicide rate in