Action Log items from Draft Minutes of Full Council 12th November 2025

Items marked AL below would have appeared on an Action Log for the meeting of Full Council on 3rd December 2025 NOTEMinutes No 50 and 53 did not appear on the agenda for 3rd December. Agenda Frontsheet for 3rd December 2025 OBSERVATIONS The purpose of an action log is to keep a record of items … Continue reading Action Log items from Draft Minutes of Full Council 12th November 2025 →

Invitation to attend the meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday, 3rd December,2025, 5.30 pm. Venue : your living room.

How can you attend this meeting from the comfort of your favourite chair in your living room? You can watch the performance live by asking the Democratic Services Officer to send you a link to attend the meeting virtually via Microsoft Office Teams software.You do not need to download any app.You can click on the … Continue reading Invitation to attend the meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday, 3rd December,2025, 5.30 pm. Venue : your living room. →

Ynysowen Primary School – Estyn Inspection

Estyn will be inspecting this school on 24th November. I have sent this email to Estyn. Ynysowen Primary School1 messageGeoff Jones <geoff.jones07@gmail.com>To: enquiries@estyn.gov.walesSat, 15 Nov 2025 at 17:53I note that you are inspecting this school on 24th November.Please take some time to read some posts from my blog website expressing serious concerns about the Head … Continue reading Ynysowen Primary School – Estyn Inspection →

My Unanswered Questions to the Full Council – An update.

Email sent to Head of Democratic Services My email to the Head of Democratic Services Text version RE: Question for Full Council [NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED]Geoff Jones <geoff.jones07@gmail.com>To: Taylor, Ann <Ann. Taylor@merthyr.gov.uk>Cc: geraint.morgan@merthyr.gov.ukSat, 15 Nov 2025 at 13:56Hi AnnI must admit to being confused by the reaction to my question at the Full Council meeting.The Monitoring … Continue reading My Unanswered Questions to the Full Council – An update. →

Agenda for Cabinet on Wednesday, 12th November, 2025, 4.00 pm

Hyperlink to Agenda and Papers https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=6569 Hyperlink to updated report included on the agenda https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/b16694/Updated%20Report%2012th-Nov-2025%2016.00%20Cabinet.pdf?T=9 Hyperlink to Agenda Frontsheet https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/g6569/Agenda%20frontsheet%2012th-Nov-2025%2016.00%20Cabinet.pdf?T=0 Hyperlink to Draft Minutes of Previous Meeting https://democracy.merthyr.gov.uk/documents/s73638/Minutes.pdf Screenshots of Draft Minutes of Previous Meeting Officers in attendance E Cooper (Chief Executive), L Curtis Jones (Director of Social Services), J Jones (Director of Neighbourhood Services), … Continue reading Agenda for Cabinet on Wednesday, 12th November, 2025, 4.00 pm →

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Councillor Andrew Barry of Reform UK in Merthyr Tydfil said there was no need to bother cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

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‘We can’t end up in the situation we were before,’ says councillor

"We can't end up in the situation we were before with the previous leisure trust. It's just not acceptable. We can't do that to the public and to these services."Those are the thoughts of a councillor in Merthyr Tydfil as full council backed plans to continue outsourcing leisure services in the area.Councillor Jamie Scriven was … Continue reading ‘We can’t end up in the situation we were before,’ says councillor →