It’s time to move on from the battle to remain in the EU and seize the opportunities for Wales after Brexit, Plaid Cymru’s leader will say today. Adam Price said that it is time for Wales to focus on “new opportunities” in a “new landscape” ahead of the UK leaving the […]
Both Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long-Bailey, the frontrunners in the Labour leadership contest, have called for a more autonomy for Wales within the United Kingdom. Keir Starmer will today call for a fully federal UK to “repair the shattered trust in politics” will almost all powers devolved to Wales, Scotland […]
A Welsh Assembly Member raised concerns about then Vale of Glamorgan Candidate Ross England months before it was revealed that he was accused of deliberately sabotaging a rape trial, a leaked email has revealed. Welsh Conservative Group Chief Whip Darren Millar emailed the Chairman of the Welsh Conservatives, Byron Davies, […]
Darren Millar. Picture by the National Assembly.Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Conservative AM called for disgraced candidate to be dropped last summer Ross England – whose deliberate collapsing of a rape trial eventually resulted in the resignation of former Welsh Secretary, Alun Cairns – has been officially dropped as a candidate for the Vale […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Here’s a round-up of this afternoon’s questions to the Economy & Transport Minister, Ken Skates (Lab, Clwyd South). No concerns over Aston Martin Plaid Cymru’s new economy spokesperson, Helen Mary Jones AM (Plaid, Mid & West Wales), brought up the situation at Aston Martin – one of […]
The Welsh language society, Cymdeithas yr Iaith, have warned the Welsh government not to “rest on their laurels” after the number of Welsh speakers fell over the last year. The number of Welsh speakers by September last year was 14,600 (0.7%) fewer than at the same date in 2018, according […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home First Minister’s Questions Adam Price AM (Plaid, Carms. E. & Dinefwr) brought up the recent coroner’s ruling that Connor Marshall – who was murdered by David Braddon in Porthcawl – was unlawfully killed. At the time, Braddon was being supervised by a privately-run community rehab company after probation services […]
Education Minister Kirsty Williams has been criticised over comments she made about Welsh history as she defended Wales’ new school curriculum. In comments to Golwg360 the minister defended a focus on local history in the curriculum, after some had voiced concerns that the open-ended nature of the curriculum meant that pupils […]
Parents will not be able to prevent their children from learning about religion, relationships and sexuality under the new curriculum in Wales. The announcement was made following an eight-week Welsh Government consultation on ensuring access to the full curriculum, including the teaching of relationship and sexuality and religious education. ‘Religious […]
New Zealand’s smacking ban is proof that the measure should not be introduced in Wales, according to the Welsh Conservatives. Darren Millar AM pointed to a nationwide poll in New Zealand that showed that 51% of New Zealanders believed that the 2007 anti-smacking law there caused a decline in discipline. […]
