PROTECTING AND ADVANCING THE INTERESTS OF WALES' INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES

Alliance Wales is an all-party association of local authorities representing the industrial areas of Wales.

Its member authorities comprise:  Blaenau Gwent CBC; Caerphilly CBC; Bridgend CBC; Carmarthenshire CC; Merthyr Tydfil CBC; Neath Port Talbot CBC; Powys CC; Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC and Torfaen CBC.

Alliance Wales works to engage with politicians and policy makers in Cardiff Bay and stakeholders from further afield to protect and advance the interests of Wales’ industrial communities.

Part of the GB-wide body, Alliance Wales works closely with Alliance members and officers from other parts of Britain.

Latest – News & Events

2 September 2024

Ten Steps to Revive British industry

Reports
29 August 2024

Letter to Alex Norris MP (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) from Cllr Keith Cunliffe (Chair of Industrial Communities Alliance)

Correspondence
29 August 2024

Apprenticeships: Proposals for a Labour government

Reports

RECENT WORK

  • Supporting the steel industry, particularly in Port Talbot, by calling on the Government for action over energy prices, public procurement and assisting the transition to a low carbon future;
  • Calling on the Government to respect the devolution settlement by recognising that the Welsh Government and its well established partnerships are best placed to determine the priorities and delivery of the UKSPF in Wales;
  • Monitoring the impact of the COVID pandemic on the economic landscape of older industrial communities, particularly across the South Wales Valleys;
  • Responding to the Welsh Government’s on-going consultations on the post COVID economic recovery plan and manufacturing strategy;
  • ✓ Submission of evidence to Welsh Affairs Select Committee’s inquiries into the UKSPF and devolution of rail infrastructure to the Welsh Government;
  • ✓ Supporting the Senedd’s Cross Party Group on Industrial Communities as a forum for influencing policy decisions on the social and economic regeneration of former industrial communities across Wales

KEY CONTACTS

ICA Wales, Chair: Cllr. Gareth Jones (Rhondda Cynon Taf)

ICA Wales, Director: Meirion Thomas

Cross-Party Group on Industrial Communities, Chair: Vikki Howells MS

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