A No 10 unit formed to fight calls for Welsh and Scottish independence demanded the Union flag be printed on Covid-19 vaccine doses. The newly-formed “Union unit” wanted injection kits to bear the flag, according to HuffPost UK. It asked the government’s vaccine task force to insist manufacturers of the […]
The Welsh Secretary has urged the First Minister to adopt a tiered approach to Wales’ coming lockdown, in line with the three-tiered approach adopted in England. Simon Hart said that it would enable the Government to target the toughest measures in areas where COVID-19 is “most prevalent” or where Wales […]
YesCymru has warned that Wales will have to make its own decision on whether to stay in the union or not after the Scottish First Minister said that the UK Government’s couldn’t stop the break up of the union. Nicola Sturgeon has said the UK Government would have to back […]
The prospects of Wales becoming an independent country has increased due to the actions of Boris Johnson, Wales’ Health Secretary has said. Vaughan Gething said that the Prime Minister had treated Wales with “real contempt” and that the Internal Market Bill amounted to a “direct assault” on Welsh autonomy. He […]
A petition calling on Westminster to grant a referendum on independence has gained over 6,000 signatures. Carina Josephine Williams created the petition called ‘Let there be a referendum for Welsh independence’, with the number of signatures jumping in the last 24 hours as it was shared on social media. Ms […]
Welsh farmers have stuck to their guns after the Tories called on them to withdraw claims of a “Brexit betrayal” by the UK Government. The Farmers’ Union of Wales said the Welsh agriculture budget was being slashed by Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision in the spending review. But Janet Finch-Saunders MS, […]
A Welsh Government minister has said that he welcomes a debate about independence, but said that it should not be the only option on the table. Jeremy Miles MS, the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition, admitted that he knows Labour supporters who are members of YesCymru. He was […]
BBC News has removed a reference to Boris Johnson as the “leader of England” from an online story. The public service news organisation had reported that the new rules on a relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions over the Christmas period had been agreed by the “leaders of England, Scotland, Wales and […]
A commission tasked at looking at ways of solving congestion on the M4 has called for greater investment in public transport. The South East Wales Transport Commission was established by Ken Skates MS to recommend ways to reduce congestion on the M4 motorway without building a new relief road around […]
Conservatives have dismissed claims of a “Brexit betrayal” by Welsh farmers and has called on them to “withdraw their inaccurate claims immediately.” Janet Finch-Saunders MS, the Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Energy and Rural Affairs, responded to claims by the Farmers’ Union of Wales who said the Welsh agriculture budget […]
