New drinks container return scheme for 2025 will help Wales improve world-leading recycling rates
Wales will be introducing a Deposit Return Scheme by 2025, Climate Change Minister Julie James confirmed today (Friday, January 20). The new initiative will see us pay a small deposit when we buy a drink in a single use container,…
Levelling Up Funding ‘an insult’ says Eluned Morgan MS
Eluned Morgan has described the decision not to award any levelling up funding to Carmarthenshire in the second round of funding as ‘an insult’. The Senedd Member for Mid and West Wales made her comments after the United Kingdom government…
RMT leadership given fair offer of increased pay and essential reforms to end dispute
Train operating companies have made a best and final offer to the RMT leadership that will improve how the industry delivers services to passengers, in exchange for a pay increase of five and four per cent that respectively covers the…
Rhun ap Iorwerth MS calls for “new and innovative thinking” to “drastically improve” NHS waiting times
Plaid Cymru has called for “new and innovative thinking” to “drastically improve” waiting times, some of which are the worst on record. The party’s spokesperson for health and care, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS and says the latest figures confirm the…
Record ambulance delays reveal NHS “horror show” says leader of Welsh Lib Dems
Ambulance response times in Wales have fallen to a record low in December with a staggering 60.5% of red calls (those deemed most life-threatening) being above the official target times. This figure is the highest on record and beats previous…
Welsh Government response to latest NHS Wales performance data
A Welsh Government spokesperson said: “The NHS in Wales is still under enormous pressure, with operational data suggesting December saw the busiest day for NHS Wales on record. Official statistics show nearly 400,000 consultations+ were carried out in November in…
Welsh Students to Get More Help with Living Costs
The Welsh Government will increase student maintenance support by 9.4% for the 2023/24 academic year, subject to regulations being made. The average full-time Welsh student can claim £10,710 in maintenance grants and loans, which will rise to £11,720 thanks to…
“Peidiwch anwybyddu’r argyfwng iechyd rhagor” – Rhun ap Iorwerth AS
Heddiw (dydd Mercher 18 Ionawr), fydd Plaid Cymru yn galw ar y Senedd i ddatgan argyfwng iechyd yng Nghymru. Mae un o bob pump o bobl yng Nghymru ar restr aros y gwasanaeth iechyd, mae’r cyfnodau aros am driniaeth yn…
Package of bold bus and coach policies urgently needed in Wales to meet net zero
The Welsh Government is being urged to introduce a comprehensive package of measures to increase attractiveness of bus and coach. Investing in net zero also brings billions of broader economic, social and health rewards A new WPI Economics report, commissioned…
“Don’t ignore the health crisis any longer” says Rhun ap Iorwerth MS
Plaid Cymru will today (Wednesday 18 January) call for the Senedd to declare a Health Crisis in Wales. One in five people in Wales are on an NHS waiting list, waits for treatment are at a record high, and NHS…