The Welsh Government has criticised the UK Government for not investing in train stations on the Wales and Borders network. Despite it being the UK Government’s responsibility to invest in rail infrastructure, the Welsh Government had promised to match any funding invested. The Welsh Government had asked for investment in […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Following yesterday’s First Minister’s Questions, the Environment, Energy & Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths (Lab, Wrexham), updated the Senedd on the practical measures being undertaken on the ground by Welsh and local government in the aftermath of storms Ciara and Dennis. “Lucky no one was killed” In […]
The new MP for Ynys Môn has been criticised for taking up a role in the UK Government department which runs England’s NHS. Virginia Crosbie has been appointed a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Department of Health and Social Care, which is primarily responsible for government policy on health and adult social care […]
A €2,000 competition launched to help decipher a mysterious 230-year-old inscription found carved into a rock slab discovered on the Brittany coast has revealed that it may have been written in Welsh. The meter-high stone which is only accessible at low tide was discovered three years ago in a cove […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home First Minister’s Questions As you might expect, this afternoon’s First Minister’s Questions was dominated by the flooding of the last few weeks. AMs will be updated on a recent flood summit later this afternoon . Adam Price AM (Plaid, Carms. E & Dinefwr) wanted to drill down […]
Troops should be drafted in to help flood-hit communities in Wales, the Leader of Plaid Cymru Adam Price has said. He said that Welsh men and women “loyally serve” in the forces in Iraq and Afghanistan but were not sent to “help their own communities” and condemned the UK government […]
The Welsh Government is investing £45m in the pre-made and flat-packed homes industry as a way of solving the problem of a lack of affordable housing in Wales. The factory-made ‘modular’ housing could be used to quickly increase the number of high-quality social and affordable homes being built across Wales, […]
First Minister Mark Drakeford and Secretary of State Simon Hart today chaired a meeting to discuss coal tip safety following recent storms. The First Minister and Secretary of State agreed their governments would work together to urgently assess the safety of tips and ensure they are being properly inspected and […]
Neil McEvoy’s new Welsh National Party announced its first political group in Wales on Cardiff Council today. Four independent Councillors announced they would join and are now members of the Welsh National Party, which was registered in January. The new group will be led by Cllr Keith Parry, with Cllr […]
Jon Gower Nowadays a bit of pre-match verbal sparring seems, as the French put it, de rigueur and Welsh prop Wyn Jones’s provocative suggestion that the French pack might have to resort to cheating elicited one heck of a reaction, a level of apparent outrage as high as the Eiffel. […]
