SWANSEA: Nearly six weeks for a housing benefit decision as council admits it is short of staff
A new claim for help with the rent took almost 40 days to process this spring, against the council's own…
SWANSEA: Just four in ten reports of abuse against vulnerable adults checked within a week, council figures show
Swansea Council says it should investigate reports that a vulnerable adult is being abused or neglected within seven working days.…
SWANSEA: Council plans to drain £22m from savings pots meant for crematorium repairs and school IT to cover staff equal pay claims
The money was put aside for things like crematorium repairs, the bus station and school IT. Councillors are being asked…
SWANSEA: Francesca O’Brien takes the council’s £13.7m overspend to the Senedd and asks for the ALN cash to go straight to councils
The Gŵyr Abertawe MS put the spending freeze and the reserves to the education minister on Wednesday. Anna Brychan said…
YSGOL HEOL GOFFA: Health minister said 2027. Education minister says no timescale. Still no nurse
Parents at the Llanelli special school were told in August that the rules on who does medical tasks in schools…
LABOUR WIPEOUT: Only Gower and Cardiff East left standing in Wales if an election were held tomorrow, YouGov model says
YouGov's first seat-by-seat projection since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister has Labour down from 27 Welsh MPs to two, with…
SCHOOL SWIMMING: Every Year 4 and 5 pupil in Swansea and Carmarthenshire gets 20 hours of lessons from this term
Nofio Ysgol starts this month in nine council areas, with the rest of Wales to follow by 2028. The First…
RAIL CENTRE: £70m spent, not a pound of private money in, and two ministers in two days won’t say if it’s going ahead
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence at Onllwyn was meant to open last year with up to 1,000 jobs. This…
LITTER: You could be fined for rubbish thrown from your car even if you weren’t in it, and fly-tippers could face £5,000
The Welsh Government is asking whether the person a car is registered to should pay for whatever comes out of…
REFORM WALES: Neath-born former teacher Helen Jenner is the party’s new Senedd leader
The Bangor Conwy Môn MS was elected by Reform's Senedd members on Monday morning, six days after Dan Thomas stood…