NATIONAL CAR PARKS (NCP) HAVE SENT AGGRESSIVE LETTERS TO AROUND 50 TAXI DRIVERS IN CARDIFF, SAYING THEY MUST PAY TO RENEW THEIR STATION PERMIT OR HAVE IT REVOKED.  MANY TAXI DRIVERS ARE NOW LIVING IN POVERTY SINCE CORONAVIRUS HIT, WITH SOME HAVING TO USE FOOD BANKS AND UNABLE TO PAY…

After another week which has brought yet more deaths and hospitalisation of health workers, those on the Coronavirus Front-line are increasingly turning against both the Welsh and British governments. The death of their colleagues, a chronic lack of PPE, failure to test and low pay is fuelling a new mood…

LEADING UNION FIGURE IN WALES TELLS WORKERS THEY MUST DEMAND SAFE CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED NOT TO WORK IF BOSSES & GOVERNMENT DON’T LISTEN IT COMES AFTER A WEEKEND WHERE A NURSE IN WALES DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS AND OUTRAGE GROWS AT TREATMENT OF FRONTLINE STAFF By SC Cook The…

NHS workers battling the Coronavirus Pandemic have been thrown onto the front-line of the biggest health crisis in living memory. Now a national scandal has been exposed, where a lack of testing and inadequate protective equipment has left them even more vulnerable. Many workers are exposed to lethal doses of…

Around a third of the population of Wales rent their homes from private landlords. After ten years of austerity, low wages and benefit cuts, many of these people were already desperate for support. Now, as Wales enters its 8th week of lockdown, with coronavirus infection rates still rising, incomes have…

1000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN WALES HAVE SIGNED AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WELSH GOVERNMENT CALLING FOR ‘URGENT STEPS’ TO PROTECT NHS STAFF AND TACKLE COVID-19  THE LETTER LAUNCHED LAST FRIDAY HAS GATHERED 1000 NAMES IN JUST SIX DAYS LETTER DESCRIBES A LACK OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR STAFF AND A ‘DANGEROUS’…

As Italy battles a raging Coronavirus pandemic - which has already claimed over 6,000 lives - its experience has become a warning to the rest of the world: this is what happens when economic stability is put before human life. Now the virus looks set to bring fresh levels of…

A STATEMENT FROM LEFT-WING POLITICIANS, TRADE UNIONISTS, INDEPENDENCE CAMPAIGNERS, HEALTH WORKERS AND OTHERS IN WALES ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS BEEN LAUNCHED THIS IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE STATEMENT, SIGNED BY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS LEANNE WOOD & MICK ANTONIW, WHICH CALLS FOR HUGE STATE INVESTMENT NOW TO PROTECT WORKERS, THE…

LONG BATTLE TO SAVE GIANT BEECH TREES IN CANTON, CARDIFF, ENDS WITH BOTH BEING FELLED TO MAKE WAY FOR HIGH-END HOUSING DEVELOPMENT LOCALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS MANAGED TO DELAY THE FELLING WHEN A MEMBER OF EXTINCTION REBELLION OCCUPIED ONE THE TREES CARDIFF COUNCIL ARE NOT TAKING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY SERIOUSLY…

LONG-ESTABLISHED CHINESE BUSINESSES IN CARDIFF HAVE SEEN REVENUE PLUMMET SINCE THE ONSET OF THE CORONAVIRUS, ACCORDING TO THE OWNERS OF A POPULAR TAKE-AWAY THEY SAY REGULARS WHO USED TO ORDER 2-3 TIMES A WEEK HAVE “DISAPPEARED” – RESULTING IN LOSSES OF UP TO £3000 A WEEK ELSEWHERE IN THE UK…