Education Minister Kirsty Williams has announced that A-level students in Wales will receive grades that will be no lower than those they achieved at AS-level last year. If a student gets a grade on Thursday, when results are released, below their AS grade a revised one will be issued automatically. […]
Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Energy and Rural Affairs, has accused Welsh Ministers of avoiding scrutiny through the summer recess period. During the recess, Members have been told that they are only allowed to table five Written Questions a week, but there is no guarantee […]
Bridgend County Borough Council has issued a statement that says the Cofiwch Dryweryn mural which was painted on the wall of a private property in Nantyffyllon, Maesteg last year, can now remain if the householder applies for retrospective advertising consent. Last month the owners of the building received a letter […]
Plaid Cymru are calling for students to be allowed to refer their awarded A-level grades to a free and independent appeals process if there are given lower exam results than their teachers recommended. Last week Qualifications Wales warned Wales’ schools were too generous assessing GCSE and A-level grades in the […]
Social care workers in Wales have started to receive their £500 coronavirus bonus from the Welsh Government, but it has been confirmed they will taxed on the payment. The Welsh Government had argued the UK Treasury should not tax the payments, but the Westminster Government argued Welsh ministers should increase […]
First Minister Mark Drakeford has warned that face coverings will be made mandatory in more settings in Wales if coronavirus infection rates start to go up. Currently face coverings are only compulsory on public transport but people are also advised to wear them in public places when they cannot socially […]
Helen Mary Jones MS, Chair of the Senedd’s Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee, has written to Reach PLC asking the company to reconsider plans to merge Media Wales with an English division of Reach and instead create an “all Wales” division. Reach is the largest publisher of newspapers in […]
Photo by HM Treasury and licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Public Health Wales has reported that no further coronavirus infections have been revealed following mass testing of employees for Covid-19 at Zorba Delicacies in Ebbw Vale. Tests were carried out on 476 employees after five people working at the plant were […]
Plaid Cymru has accused the UK Government of showing “contempt for devolution” in response to legislation that would enable Westminster to create a new internal market across the UK once the Brexit transition period ends. The comments come at the conclusion of a four-week consultation period on the UK Internal […]
The Senedd’s Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee has published their report today on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Wales and warned the crisis has entrenched existing inequalities in Wales and the response is widening those inequalities, by reducing incomes and increasing risks disproportionately for already disadvantaged groups […]
