Welsh Government

Senedd members criticised Labour’s “utterly embarrassing” position on the Crown Estate, with ministers in Cardiff Bay backing devolution while Westminster blocks reform.   Plaid Cymru’s Luke Fletcher said 75% of the public supports devolving powers over the Crown Estate which owns much of the seabed around Wales and 50,000 acres of land. The shadow economy […]

A Senedd member criticised “slow progress” tackling a toxic culture within fire services, with less than half the recommendations of a damning report implemented 15 months on.   Conservative Altaf Hussain raised concerns about the pace of change since Fenella Morris’ independent review of the culture of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service in January 2024. […]

Senedd members called for a long-awaited overhaul of “inadequate” school transport, warning too many pupils facing barriers to accessing education.   Tom Giffard described current legislation – which provides free school transport if pupils live two miles or more away, or three for secondary pupils – as no longer fit for purpose. The Conservative said: “These […]

The Senedd narrowly backed plans to ban offers on unhealthy food and drinks including “buy-one-get-one-free” deals in an effort to tackle high rates of obesity.   Senedd members voted 25-24 in favour of restricting the promotion and presentation of high fat, sugar and salt products in bigger retailers, with 50 or more employees.   Small […]

The Senedd supported plans to introduce inspection ratings for care homes, with service providers set to be required to publish “scores on the doors”.   Care homes and domiciliary services, which support people in their homes, will receive one of four ratings: excellent; good; requires improvement; or requires significant improvement.   Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) […]

Mae un o brif ddarparwyr gwasanaethau teiars Cymru ar fin agor cyfleuster newydd a fydd yn rhoi bywyd newydd i hen deiars, gyda chefnogaeth Llywodraeth Cymru. Bydd Tuf Treads, yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, yn achub hen deiars rhag cyrraedd safleoedd tirlenwi drwy eu defnyddio i gynhyrchu teiars premiwm wedi eu hail-wadnu gan ddefnyddio’r dechnoleg weithgynhyrchu ddiweddaraf. […]

One of Wales’ leading providers of tyre services is set to open a new facility that will give new life to old tyres, with Welsh Government support. Tuf Treads, in Carmarthenshire, will save old tyres from landfill by using them to produce premium re-treaded tyres using latest manufacturing technology. Re-treading gives suitable tyres a new […]

Mae un o fentrau mwyaf hirhoedlog y DU sy’n cysylltu busnesau a sefydliadau â’r byd academaidd yn dathlu 50 mlynedd o ddarparu gwerth i economi Cymru. Mae rhaglen y Bartneriaeth Trosglwyddo Gwybodaeth (KTP) yn ysgogi twf ac arloesedd trwy ddatrys heriau go iawn sy’n wynebu busnesau, gan wneud hynny mewn partneriaeth ag academyddion ledled Cymru […]

One of the UK’s longest standing initiatives connecting businesses and organisations with academia is celebrating 50 years of delivering value to the Welsh economy. The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme drives growth and innovation by solving real world ‘business’ challenges in partnership with academics across Wales and the UK. The resulting partnerships are focused on […]

The Senedd rejected Plaid Cymru calls to demand HS2 be redesignated as an England-only project to unlock billions of pounds of consequential funding for Wales.   Senedd members voted 42-12 against a Plaid Cymru motion on HS2, a high-speed railway from London to Birmingham, following a debate on March 12. The project was classified as a […]