Aberavon’s AM, David Rees has welcomed a new £6.5 million Welsh Labour Government Circular Economy Fund.   The Circular Economy Fund will help Wales reach the milestones of 70% recycling by 2025 and 100% recycling by 2050, as set out in the Welsh Government’s waste strategy Towards Zero Waste.   A circular economy keeps resources

Please see below a statement from David Rees AM on the incident that occurred at Tata Steel Port Talbot overnight.   Following the incident at Tata Steel Port Talbot in the early hours of this morning, I would like to thank all Tata Employees and the Emergency Services for their swift response and the way

Aberavon’s two leading politicians, Stephen Kinnock MP and David Rees AM, have expressed their concerns following last week’s news that TATA are likely to sell the packaging sector of their interests in Wales based at Trostre in order to successfully complete the Joint Venture with ThyssenKrupp.  They are worried that this proposal could impact upon

In April this year the Welsh rates of income tax come into force for people living in Wales – the first time the Welsh Government will collect income tax in Wales. From April 6 a 10p rate of income tax  collected in Wales will be passed to the Welsh Government to spend on essential public services like the

Plans for an Afan Valley Adventure Park take a step closer this week as Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council grant outline planning permission for the long-awaited adventure complex.   Aberavon’s Assembly Member, David Rees, and Ogmore Assembly Member, Huw Irranca-Davies, will work with the developer and both local authorities (Neath Port Talbot and Bridgend) as the project progresses to take full

Aberavon’s local Assembly Member is looking to spread the message that living donors help save lives. Every year more than 250 patients die waiting for a kidney transplant. There are not enough kidneys donated from people who have died for everyone who needs a transplant. The average waiting time for a kidney transplant from a

Aberavon AM, David Rees, has welcomed publication of the latest information on the performance of schools in Neath Port Talbot, and in particular Aberavon.   Published today, the National Categorisation System has been introduced in 2014 to help identify schools in need of support to improve. Schools are placed into one of four colour-coded support

Aberavon’s Assembly Member David Rees has backed a powerful Welsh Government campaign to help people identify controlling behaviour in relationships. The Welsh Government today launched a new video promoting “This is Not Love. #ThisIsControl”, Live Fear Free Campaign https://beta.gov.wales/this-is-control   Coercive control is when a person with whom you are personally connected with, repeatedly behaves