Not a single Plaid Cymru Councillor attended a planning meeting to discuss the most significant planning application to considered by the Council this year. Labour Councillors have described this no show as a ‘failed to meet the responsibilities of being Councillor.’

The Council’s Cabinet will next week consider the consequences of cuts to public sector funding imposed on Wales by Cameron and Clegg. Officers of the Council are due to present proposals for the Cabinet to plan how the Council will reduce its spending to meet the £9.6M gap in funding it faces this year as a result of the CONDEM governments attack on the public sector here in Wales.

RCT Labour has continued its investment in first class facilities for residents with the official opening of a new 95-station gym at Llantrisant Leisure Centre as part of a £2.8m investment by the leadership of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council.

Cllr Mike Powell made great claims that he was going to question Labour Cabinet Members at the latest Council meeting about the plans for the Taff Vale Precinct in Pontypridd but I do hope no members from the public attended with much expectation.

Labour’s Deputy Leader in Rhondda Cynon Taf has condemned the comments of both the Council’s Tory and Lib Dem Councillor during a debate over the future of Remploy.

Figures produced by the Institute of Fiscal Studies have shown that it is the poorest and the middle earners who are bearing the biggest brunt of the coalition government's policies.