Owen Donovan, Senedd Home The government is to publish a review tomorrow that details how health boards across Wales can begin to restart routine operations and cancer services in the coming weeks. Most non-urgent operations and appointments were cancelled in March to help the NHS deal with the coronavirus outbreak Last […]
The UK Government plans to reduce the amount of money available to Welsh universities if they exceed a cap they have placed on the number of English students attending. Boris Johnson’s government unveiled their plans to introduce temporary student number controls tonight. It limits institutions to an increase of 6.5% […]
First Minister Mark Drakeford has reassured people who are shielding from coronavirus in Wales that the new advice issued yesterday by the Welsh Government is optional. The new measures for those shielding mean they can now take exercise, and meet people from another household outdoors but they must not share […]
London-based news media are contributing to confusion about different lockdown rules in devolved nations, according to a new study. The study by researchers at Cardiff University shows that some English outlets with UK-wide audiences are still failing to underline crucial cross-border policy differences. The researchers, led by journalism professor Stephen […]
Wales’ Education Minister has said that she is “considering her options” following a meeting with the UK Government’s Education Minister on capping the number of English students in Wales. Kirsty Williams said that she “disagree[s] strongly with England’s approach on this matter” following the UK government’s plan to control the […]
Around 66,000 16 and 17-year-olds can register to vote in Senedd elections from today. Next year’s elections will be the first in which 16 and 17-year-olds and legally resident foreign nationals are allowed to vote in Wales, in a major expansion of the franchise. The change came into force today […]
Health Minister Vaughan Gething has asked that everyone in Wales helps out as a population-wide contact tracing system is rolled out across Wales from today. Anyone who has a positive coronavirus test result will be contacted by a team of contact tracers and asked for details of everyone they […]
A Senedd Member has raised concerns regarding the announcement that people who are shielding from Covid-19 will be able to meet others and exercise outdoors from tomorrow. The Welsh Government confirmed this morning that those who had been shielding from Coronavirus could now exercise outdoors from Monday, following similar […]
People who are shielding from coronavirus will be able to meet others and exercise outdoors from tomorrow, Minister for Health and Social Services Vaughan Gething has announced today. There are two changes to the advice for this group: Outdoor exercise is unlimited, as long as individuals strictly follow social distancing […]
Plaid Cymru has said the Welsh Government should “rethink” its higher education policies in order to protect the sector, after it emerged that the UK Government plans to place a cap on the number of students from England attending universities in Wales. The Westminster government is expected to confirm next […]
