School Transport Consultation June 2019 JM DR   Following the publication of the consultation document from Neath Port Talbot Council regarding the future of schools transport across the county borough I have submitted the attached letter, jointly with Jeremy Miles AM for Neath, to highlight our initial concerns. I will be submitting a more detailed

Aberavon Assembly Member, David Rees, has welcomed the Welsh Labour Government’s announcement that the NHS Wales scheme will remain in place.    The decision will help individuals electing to study an eligible healthcare-related programme in Wales commencing in the academic year 2020/2021.   While the bursary – for eligible student nurses, midwives and allied health

Proud to join campaigners & colleagues on the steps of the Senedd calling on the UK Government to keep TV licences free for all over 75 year olds. Over 3000 people in Aberavon will be affected by this change and will now have to pay for a TV licence. The UK Tory Government should never

Commenting on today’s announcement (21/6/2019) that Jistcourt, a family-run business who have been based in Port Talbot for many years, has called in the administrators, David Rees AM said:   “Once again we see the construction sector experiencing difficulties and I am sure that this would have been a very difficult decision for the company

To mark Cervical Screening Awareness Week (10-16th June), local AM for Aberavon, David Rees has teamed up with charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, to encourage people to attend their smear test in order to prevent cervical cancer.   Around 220,000 women are diagnosed with cell changes (abnormalities) every year in the UK following a smear

Statement from Stephen Kinnock MP and David Rees AM on Ford’s decision to close its Bridgend Plant   Commenting on the news that Ford has decided to shut down its operations in Bridgend in September 2020, Stephen Kinnock MP for Aberavon and David Rees AM for Aberavon said,   “This is a devastating blow for