SWANSEA: Council housing officers could get powers to shut ‘cuckooed’ homes and bar troublemakers
Swansea Council adopted the powers in 2018 and its housing service never built them into day-to-day work. Cabinet is now…
PETROL PRICES: Google Maps now shows you the cheapest fuel near you
Every forecourt has had to report its prices within half an hour since February. From today the numbers sit on…
LLANELLI: How many scabies cases are there at Prince Philip? MS demands ministers say, ten days into ward closures
Hywel Dda has published nothing since it shut wards on 27 September, and Claire Archibald says the Welsh Government cannot…
YSTRADGYNLAIS: ‘A 23-mile journey for a hospital bed’: Dodds takes the hospital fight to the First Minister
A day after Powys health board opened its consultation, the Lib Dem MS told Rhun ap Iorwerth 9,700 people had…
NRW: Welsh Tories want the watchdog that polices Withyhedge and the Llanelli fly site scrapped
Andrew RT Davies says the regulator is “unfit for purpose” and should go the way Conservatives in England plan for…
FABIAN WAY: The £33m bridge Swansea designed ten years ago still has no money to build it
It would bring a new road into SA1, bypassing some of the busiest parts of Fabian Way. The council had…
ADMIRAL: Nearly 2,000 Swansea staff still don’t know if their jobs are among the 500 to go
Swansea's council leader has written to the insurer's UK boss demanding "urgent clarification", as a Swansea MS tells the Senedd…
COST OF LIVING: People are turning down jobs because they can’t afford the fuel to get there, council’s own team tells inquiry
Swansea Council's employment mentors say clients have rejected job offers over the cost of getting to work, cannot afford the…
ENERGY BILLS: VAT scrapped from electricity – but you’ll still pay more
A typical home keeps around £45 a year it would otherwise have paid, a little more in south Wales. Whether…
ALCOHOL: Cheapest booze goes up 30% in Wales from today, and the deaths it was meant to stop are at a record
The minimum price of a unit rises from 50p to 65p from Thursday. Ministers say it will save hundreds of…
LEGAL AID: £1.3m for free advice across Wales if you’re facing eviction, debt or a benefits row
Facing eviction, a debt you cannot pay or a benefits decision you think is wrong? A £1.3m UK Government fund…