Campaigners warned it will be “impossible” to hold the Welsh Government to account on progress against its disabled people’s rights plan due to a lack of concrete targets.
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Taxpayers hit with £5.25m bill for botched Aberthaw contract
Taxpayers will foot the bill for a £5.25m settlement after a legal claim over the awarding of a demolition contract for Aberthaw power station, a committee heard.
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Cardiff region city deal ‘on course to create 26,000 jobs’, claim council chiefs
Council chiefs claimed the Cardiff region city deal is “more than on course” to create 26,000 jobs by 2036 despite delivering 4,335 jobs in the decade to date.
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Mid Wales ‘continually disappointed’ on growth deal funding, Senedd told
Council chiefs have been “continually disappointed” by an ongoing lack of day-to-day funding support for the mid Wales growth deal from the Welsh and UK Governments.
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Senedd rebuffs call for public inquiry into beleaguered health board
Senedd members rejected calls for a public inquiry ahead of the ten-year anniversary of ministers placing Betsi Cadwaladr university health board into special measures.
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Newport ‘a city on the rise’, MS tells Senedd
Senedd members hailed Newport as a city on the rise – economically, socially and culturally – with so much to offer the whole of Wales.
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‘People are choking with the dust’: calls for action on ‘slow Aberfan disaster’
More than 11,000 people added their voices to a chorus of calls for a mandatory 1,000-metre buffer zone around all quarries – but their pleas continued to fall on deaf ears.
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‘Rushed’ battery storage developments risk ‘devastating’ consequences, Senedd member warns
The rapid and largely unregulated proliferation of battery storage developments is becoming an urgent safety issue in many parts of Wales, a Senedd member warned.
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Teacher recruitment: Wales recruiting ‘nowhere near enough’ secondary teachers
Wales is only training around a third of the necessary secondary school teachers, with nowhere near enough recruits and no improvement in sight, an education chief warned.
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FedFest: Teachers soaked and slimed at Cwmbran schools’ fun event
Hundreds of children and their families packed out the grounds of Coed Eva Primary School yesterday afternoon for an “amazing” Fedfest and the opening of a new community hub that serves hot drinks two mornings a week.