Former Plaid Cymru Government Minister Jocelyn Davies has pledged her support for Rhun ap Iorwerth to become the party’s next leader. Jocelyn Davies was Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for South East Wales for 17 years, and in Government was Deputy Minister for Housing. She said that Rhun ap Iorwerth, the […]
An MP representing Eastleigh in the south of England has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Welsh Office. Mims Davies, 43, will combine the role with her job as an assistant government whip. She replaces Stuart Andrew, MP of Pudsey, who has been moved to the Ministry […]
Plaid Cymru Assembly Member Simon Thomas has resigned from the party and the Assembly after being arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images. He was the Assembly Member for the Mid and West Wales region. Dyfed Powys police confirmed that they had arrested a man from Aberystwyth and released him […]
The decision to replace Welsh branding with British branding at the Royal Welsh Show in Llanelwedd has been criticised by some politicians. Alun Davies, the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services, criticised the move in a message on his personal Twitter account. “The removal of the Welsh flag […]
The leader of the Welsh Labour Party is set to be shut out of future meetings to decide the party’s General Election manifesto. First Minister Carwyn Jones had said that he was “delighted” when the rules were changed at the 2016 conference to allow the Welsh Labour leader to attend what […]
Winning the debate about currency would be crucial to the success of any campaign for Welsh independence, according to Swansea University economist Dr. John Ball. Speaking at The National Library of Wales in an economics event organised by Yes Cymru, he highlighted the currency issue as one of the […]
Independence would be an opportunity to radically restructure the Welsh economy so that it worked in the interests of the people, according to Indycube founder Mark Hooper. Hooper, who has overseen the transition of Indycube to a community benefit society and co-operative, with offices across the UK, said that Wales […]
The Chairman of London’s Barbican Centre, Dr Giles Shilson, has apologised for comparing the Welsh Language with dyslexia. Posting a picture of Welsh place names, he said: “This must be what it feels like to be dyslexic”. He later deleted his tweet and apologised. “I’d like to apologise. I sent […]
Both Adam Price and Rhun ap Iorwerth have today announced their intention to challenge Leanne Wood for the leadership of Plaid Cymru. Today is the deadline for the candidates to announce they will stand, and also for members to join the party to vote in the election. “I will now […]
The Westminster Government’s Wales Office held a secret ceremony to rename the Prince of Wales bridge, and not even Wales’ media was invited. The secret ceremony was attended by Prince Charles, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns and First Minister Carwyn Jones. The Llywydd of the Welsh Assembly, Elin Jones, did not […]
