At last month’s public meeting on the proposed new prison in Port Talbot I informed people that I would publish copies of any responses received answering my letters and questions regarding this decision. I have now received a reply from the Minister for Prisons in Westminster which I find unsatisfactory, lacking detail and does not

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David Rees AM is this week marking the tenth anniversary of the Welsh Labour Government’s popular free prescriptions policy. Since April 2007, everyone in Wales has been exempt from prescription charges. This has saved money for people with long term conditions and has freed up pharmacists to spend more time with patients. This is in

I have today written to the UK Government’s Minister for Prison to raise a number of very important questions regarding the proposals to build a prison in Port talbot. Full correspondence below. [embeddoc url=”https://www.davidrees.wales/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Minister-for-Prisons-Letter.pdf” viewer=”google”]

David Rees AM has today welcomed the news that the Welsh Labour Government is providing additional funds for transport schemes to improve safety, create economic growth and promote active travel. The Welsh Government have provided over £1.6m for a number of different schemes in Neath Port Talbot that includes several specific projects in Aberavon including

David Rees AM has today been told by the UK Government that it has selected Port Talbot as 1 of 4 sites for a new Prison to be built within the UK. The prison, which will be a category C prison, will be located on land in the Baglan area and will be part of

Local AM David Rees has appealed to Aberavon residents to continue helping make Wales the global leader in recycling after new figures revealed that the country is now the third best in the world at recycling. A new report from Research company Eunomia shows that Wales is making impressive progress in increasing the amount it

The ‘Yes’ result from the ballot of steelworkers on proposals agreed between the Trade Unions and TATA has today provided a positive outlook from steelworkers for the future of Tata’s UK plants. The ballot result reflects the views of the membership of the 3 major steel unions at Tata – Community, Unite and the GMB

Following the announcement from the Welsh Government that Communities First programmes will end in 2018, David Rees, Assembly Member for Aberavon, said that he “recognises the challenges facing the Welsh Government in addressing the many challenges created through poverty within our communities and the need to modify the current approach”. The Welsh Government today indicated