Welsh Government

CELTIC SEA: New Welsh Government approves its first offshore wind farm

Section 36 consent has been granted for Cierco Energy's Llŷr wind farm off the Pembrokeshire coast, a test and demonstration…

LLANDEILO: Five £3m business units open to tenants at Beechwood

The Welsh Government says the units answer a workspace shortage the community itself identified, with one of the larger ones…

NHS DENTISTRY: Only half the expected NHS work being done in Wales since April shake-up, dentists warn

Charges went up on 1 April and check-ups moved further apart. Four months on, the British Dental Association says NHS…

HOLIDAY LETS: 182-day tax rule could be eased as ministers launch review

A 12-week consultation asks whether the threshold deciding if a holiday let pays business rates or council tax should come…

PEMBROKESHIRE: Welsh ministers seize DARC radar decision days before council vote

The planning application for the US military's 27-dish radar array near St Davids has been called in by the Welsh…

FOOD: Llanarthne restaurateur chosen to lead Wales’ first national food strategy

Simon Wright, the man behind Wright's Food Emporium, will chair the expert group shaping a new National Food Strategy for…

FARM FUNDING: Welsh farmers promised £1bn over Senedd term in multi-year deal

The Welsh Government has guaranteed £340 million a year for the Sustainable Farming Scheme until 2030, ending the year-to-year model…

BROADCASTING: Wales’ new media watchdog won’t exist until 2028 — as critics call it “constitutional navel-gazing”

The Welsh Government has set out its timetable for a Shadow Broadcasting and Communications Authority — a working group recruited…

BUDGET DEFEAT: Plaid government’s £294m spending plan voted down 49–44 — as schools funding row claims its first casualty

The new Welsh Government has lost the vote on its first budget — with £294m for NHS waiting lists, childcare…

SAVE THE LOCAL: New Welsh law to give communities first refusal on buying their pub — announced the day Baglan’s Bagle Brook went up for sale

Community groups in Wales are set to win the legal right of first refusal when treasured local assets go up…