https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crejz9je0llo
Many Labour Senedd members absent as Jane Hutt defends UK Labour cut in debate.
https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-cymru-to-lead-debate-calling-for-nhs-reform-to-tackle-long-waits/
Emily Price Plaid Cymru will lead a debate in the Senedd this afternoon calling for the Welsh Government to honour NHS commitments made by the last three First Ministers. Former FMs Mark Drakeford and Vaughan Gething both made promises to tackle long waiting lists which now stand at a record breaking high in Wales. In […]
https://nation.cymru/news/hannah-blythyn-nominated-as-new-senedd-standards-chair/
Emily Price The junior minister who was sacked by Vaughan Gething after being falsely accused of leaking messages to the media has been elected the Chair of the Senedd’s Standards of Conduct Committee. Hannah Blythyn was removed from her Welsh Government role of Social Partnership Minister by the former First Minister in May. Mr Gething […]
https://bylines.cymru/politics-and-society/prince-of-wales-role/
It would appear that Wales must continue to have an English Prince of Wales whether it likes it or not. So what is he obliged to do for the country’s benefit?
https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-government-scraps-gender-balanced-senedd-bill/
Martin Shipton The Welsh Government has withdrawn a Bill that would have introduced a legal mechanism aimed at ensuring the Senedd was gender-balanced. Instead it will issue voluntary guidance to political parties in advance of candidate selection for the next Senedd election in 2026. The decision does not come as a great surprise, given that […]
https://nation.cymru/news/welsh-scout-leader-completes-50th-trip-to-deliver-medical-aid-to-ukraine/
Luke James A Welsh Scout leader has made his fiftieth delivery of life-saving medical aid to Ukraine. Shaun Hopkins, a 45-year-old IT expert and Scouts volunteer from Newport, began making the 2,500 mile round trip shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Since then, he has spent around 500 days on the road ferrying […]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglllj28xpo
First minister will "undoubtedly fall out" with UK government as she tries to realise Welsh plans.
https://nation.cymru/culture/tears-flow-as-relatives-of-victims-attend-emotional-premiere-of-opera-to-mark-90th-anniversary-of-gresford-colliery-disaster/
Tears flowed as relatives of the victims were in the audience for a premiere of a poignant new opera to mark the 90th anniversary of the Gresford Colliery Disaster. There was a standing ovation at the end of the emotionally charged performance of Gresford – Up From Underground on the opening night of the North […]
https://nation.cymru/opinion/the-politics-of-fear-how-disenfranchisement-fuels-support-for-reform-uk-in-south-wales/
Farrell Perks For many, deep in the Valleys of South Wales, poverty is the grim reality of daily life. Utility bills rise, school transport is cut, shops in the high-street close down and inflation bites. Austerity has done a lot to decimate the coalfields of Wales, leaving the population reeling in it’s wake. These people […]
https://nation.cymru/news/first-minister-announces-public-sector-pay-rises/
First Minister Eluned Morgan has today announced above-inflation pay awards for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers in Wales. NHS staff, teachers and public sector workers in many devolved services will receive pay rises of between 5% and 6% in 2024-25. The announcement comes as the Welsh Government has accepted the pay recommendations from […]
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