PLANS to shorten the summer holidays have been shelved due to the pressures on Wales’ schools and significant opposition from trade unions. Lynne Neagle, Wales’ education...
A 10% THRESHOLD for voters to remove Senedd members from office between elections would be undemocratic, the standards commissioner warned. Douglas Bain, who investigates complaints against...
THE CHAIR of the Wales Audit Office was forced to stand down 12 months into a four-year term due to a conflict with another appointment, a...
THE SENEDD roundly rejected Conservative calls to ditch plans for a tourism tax. Laura Anne Jones led a debate on the Welsh Government’s plans to roll...
A FORMER minister has admitted mistakes were made introducing Wales’ controversial default 20mph speed limit. Lee Waters, who left his post as transport minister in March,...
VETERINARY care is unaffordable for many pet owners in Wales due to “ridiculous” price increases fuelled by corporate greed, a committee heard. Caroline Allen, chief veterinary...
A FORMER minister urged the Welsh Government to cough up cash for a culture sector in crisis after being deprioritised in budget decisions since the start...
SENEDD members from Wales’ four main political parties set their differences aside to call on the Welsh and UK Governments to recognise the state of Palestine....
A PLAID CYMRU MS called for a rural poverty strategy, raising an economist’s warning that rural Wales is probably in more trouble than at any point...
MORE THAN a quarter of childcare providers say they will not survive the year due to funding rates failing to keep up with costs, a committee...
FAR TOO many children and young people are unable to access support under Wales’ new additional learning needs system, leaving families at breaking point, the Senedd...
PROPOSALS to reclaim disused tips risk opening the floodgates to coal extraction under the guise of remediation, the Senedd heard. Delyth Jewell led a Plaid Cymru...