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VAT CUT: Theme parks, soft play and children’s meals to get cheaper this summer — but Wales misses out on England’s free bus scheme
Families in Swansea, Carmarthenshire and Neath Port Talbot will pay less to visit attractions and eat out this summer after…
FUEL: Starmer freezes duty until end of year and cuts red diesel tax as pump prices hit highest level since Iran war began
Keir Starmer has announced the 5p fuel duty rise planned for this autumn is being postponed until at least 31…
WALES: ‘Every pound denied to Wales cannot be invested in Welsh rail’ — politicians round on UK Government as HS2 bill hits £102.7 billion
Welsh politicians from across the political spectrum have renewed calls for Wales to receive billions in HS2 consequential funding after…
WALES: HS2 reset confirmed at up to £102.7 billion — and Wales won’t see a penny of it, but here’s what the government says you’ll get instead
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has declared an end to an "era of neglect" on HS2, announcing new cost estimates of…
Drivers to get reprieve as Rachel Reeves set to scrap planned 5p fuel duty rise — as pump prices soar in wake of Iran war
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce this Thursday that she is scrapping plans to raise fuel duty by 5p…
SWANSEA: Protesters to gather outside Crown Court this morning in defence of the 800-year-old right to trial by jury
Swansea residents will join demonstrators outside crown courts across England and Wales today as part of a national day of…
PEMBROKESHIRE: Wales vs Westminster showdown looms over Trump’s ‘space wars’ radar — as anti-DARC campaign asks new Plaid government to block it
The Senedd election has handed anti-DARC campaigners what they’ve been waiting for — a Welsh Government with a party policy…
SWANSEA: ‘Technology has transformed childhood in ways we’re only beginning to understand’ — packed public meeting hears parents’ fears about social media and their kids
Parents, teachers and residents filled a Swansea meeting room this week to share their fears about social media and children…
OPINION: ‘It was about as close to a strategy as padding a pillow with iron filings’ — Kirstie Logan-Townshend on the Online Safety Act
Swansea-based communications consultant and former government AI adviser Kirstie Logan-Townshend argues that the Online Safety Act was built to fail…
SWANSEA: Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi calls on Keir Starmer to step aside — as Swansea East’s Carolyn Harris backs him to stay
Two Labour MPs representing Swansea constituencies have taken opposing positions on Keir Starmer's future — as the number of Labour…