The criticism of a headteacher who said an “inexhaustible amount of money” was spent on the Welsh language were ‘misplaced’ according to the Welsh language society. Evenlode Primary School chief Stephen Rees said that due to budget cuts he had to clean the toilets and had shed 11 staff, and […]
Independent Assembly Member, Neil McEvoy has launched a fresh attempt at forcing the Welsh Government to publish a report into the sacking of Carl Sargeant he claims they’re trying to keep buried. Carl Sargeant was a Minister in the Labour Welsh Government who took his own life in 2017 after […]
The Welsh language has been held up as an example to endangered languages around the world in a feature article by CNN Asia. According to the article which is one of the main stories on the CNN website today the changes that saw the “revival” of the Welsh language is […]
Labour’s Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd believes that Welsh devolution was probably a mistake and doubts whether she would ever have voted for it if she knew then what she knows now. In a wide-ranging interview with journalist Guto Harri for the S4C programme Y Byd yn ei le, Ms Clwyd […]
Labour would record its worst-ever result and Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party would snatch four seats at a Welsh Assembly election, according to a new poll by YouGov and Cardiff University. The poll projects that Labour would win 23 seats, Plaid Cymru 16 seats, the Conservatives 15 seats, the Brexit […]
Martin Shipton Welsh Conservatives have raised concerns about why a special adviser to the Welsh Government was allowed to undertake Civil Service training courses of benefit to him in his future career in the financial sector. Huw Price, a former Welsh Labour press officer, was a special adviser in […]
An MP from Devon has been appointed a minister in the Wales Office after the previous incumbent, an MP from North Yorkshire, quit yesterday. Torbay MP Kevin Foster has been appointed as an unpaid minister to the Wales Office, replacing Selby and Ainsty MP Nigel Adams. Kevin Foster has also […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home AMs show support for new approach to protect child sex abuse victims Yesterday, AMs debated a proposal from Bethan Sayed AM (Plaid, South Wales West) for a law to improve support and protection of child sex abuse victims, in particular using the Barnahus Model – introduced in […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Housing association criticised for non-Welsh speaking appointments Sian Gwenllian AM (Plaid, Arfon) said that Cartrefi Cymunedol Gwynedd housing association used a recruitment agency in Leamington Spa to fill two senior roles without placing a Welsh language requirement as a key skill. This was despite the organisation having […]
A woman from Ffostrasol will appear in court in Aberystwyth this afternoon for refusing to pay for the television licence fee as part of a campaign to devolve broadcasting powers to Wales. 68-year old Eiris Llywelyn, from Ffostrasol in Ceredigion, is the third person to face court as part of […]
