School summer holidays will be cut by a week and could be shortened to four weeks under plans to reform the academic year in Wales.
School summer holidays will be cut by a week and could eventually be shortened to four weeks under plans to reform the academic year in Wales. The Welsh Government has announced a consultation on changing the school year, so breaks…
Concerns over loophole for second homes
Concerns have been raised about a “loophole” that would allow second home owners to stand for election to the Senedd. Under the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) bill, anyone on the electoral register in Wales would qualify to be a…
UK Treasury under fire after ministers snubbed meetings with Welsh and Scottish politicians
The UK Treasury has come under fire after ministers and officials repeatedly snubbed meetings with politicians in Wales and Scotland. Peredur Owen Griffiths, who chairs the Senedd’s finance committee, said calls for meetings with the UK Government to discuss common…
Senedd hears that single-use vapes should be banned amid rising concerns for safety of young children
Single-use vapes should be banned amid concerns about the environment and children as young as four taking up the habit, the Senedd heard. Jenny Rathbone, who represents Cardiff Central, said raspberry and bubble gum-flavoured vapes are being targeted at school…
Tax payers could see bill increases with biggest shake-up and redesign of tax system in the works
Hundreds of thousands of council tax payers could see their bills increase under plans for the biggest shake-up of the system in decades. The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on proposals to redesign council tax, which raises more than…
Poor access to hospital care in south-east Wales puts lives at risk, Senedd hears
POOR access to hospital care in south-east Wales is putting people’s lives at risk, MSs heard. Plaid Cymru’s Delyth Jewell led a Senedd debate about the difficulty getting to hospitals in her South Wales East region. She highlighted…
Minister highlights school bullying
A deputy minister has described how she suffered from homophobic bullying for four-and-a-half years while in secondary school. Hannah Blythyn spoke out as she answered questions from Senedd Members to mark anti-bullying week, which urges people to make a noise…
UN Committee on Rights of the Child finds ‘Some progress made in Wales’
More must be done to protect children’s rights and improve access to advocacy in Wales, the Senedd heard. Jayne Bryant, who chairs the children’s committee, highlighted the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s concluding observations which were published…
Senedd agrees to introduce new law on procurement in health services across Wales.
MSs unanimously signed off on plans to introduce a new law on procurement in health services across Wales. Eluned Morgan explained that the Health Service Procurement bill allows Wales to align itself with a new mechanism through which health services…
Concerns over Welsh Language target
By Chris Haines, ICNN Senedd reporter MSs have raised concerns about progress towards the targets of a million Welsh speakers and doubling daily use of the language by 2050. Jeremy Miles gave a statement to the Senedd to mark publication…