First Minister Mark Drakeford is asking budding young artists to put their creative hats on and enter this year’s Christmas card competition. The winning design will...
A five-year plan which outlines steps towards achieving the ambition of ensuring a good quality of life for all animals in Wales will be published today...
More than £170m extra a year is set to be invested in planned care across NHS Wales, Health Minister Eluned Morgan has announced at the inaugural...
Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters has announced an additional £150m to retrofit social homes with new technologies and insulation to help curb Wales’ emissions....
First Minister Mark Drakeford has boarded a train from Cardiff to Glasgow to join world leaders for the UN Climate Conference in Scotland. His message to...
This week, First Minister Mark Drakeford, got his flu vaccination and encouraged others to take up the offer this winter to help keep people safe and...
First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced strengthened Alert Level Zero measures due to rising COVID infection figures – and warns of stricter measures to come unless...
Welsh Government have announced a new National Framework for the Delivery of Bereavement Care in Wales, underpinned by a £1m support grant. The plan has been...
Plaid Cymru Senedd Member, Cefin Campbell is renewing calls for the former rail line between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen to be reopened. The call comes after the...
A £30 million Swansea Bay City Deal Skills and Talent programme for South West Wales has been approved by the UK Government and Welsh Government The...
The Welsh Government is calling for more funding to help emergency preparedness after releasing new data on the number of coal tip sites – with Neath...
The Welsh Government has announced its intention to introduce financial incentives to help recruit more ethnic minority teachers. This comes as part of a wider plan...
Welsh Conservatives have repeated the call for a Wales-specific Covid-19 inquiry. On behalf of the Senedd Conservatives, Paul Davies MS challenged the First Minister over his...
NHS Wales chief executive Andrew Goodall has warned the dual challenge of the Covid pandemic and other respiratory viruses will make this winter ‘one of the...
Electrification of the railway to Swansea and beyond, new rail stations and improvements to bus services are all part of the plans. “Delivering the £1bn Welsh...
The Welsh Conservatives however claim that the creation of the commission is a “waste of time and resources”. Professor Laura McAllister and Dr Rowan Williams will...
More than 15,600 farm businesses across Wales will tomorrow receive a share of over £159.6m in Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Advance payments, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley...
People eligible for booster COVID-19 vaccinations and flu jabs are encouraged to take up the offer ahead of a challenging winter for NHS Wales, the Health...
People in Wales must show a Covid Pass or demonstrate their Covid status to enter nightclubs and attend large events from today (11th October). Businesses could be...
Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of the UK Supreme Court, will serve as the inaugural President of the Law Council of Wales. The appointment was confirmed by Wales’...
The First Minister, Mark Drakeford, will today (Friday 8 October) publish new plans to help keep Wales open and safe during the difficult autumn and winter...
A new flexible programme focused on helping young people aged 16-18 reach their full potential and take their first steps into the world of work is...
As 12 to 15-year-olds across Wales start to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations, the Welsh Health Minister today (4 October) confirmed they will all be offered a...
The new Chief Executive of the NHS in Wales and Director General for Health and Social Services will be Judith Paget, it has been announced. Judith...
The Welsh Government is further extending incentives to support businesses in recruiting apprentices in Wales until February 2022. The Apprenticeship Employer Incentive Scheme is a part...
The UK Government should use this autumn’s Spending Review to share responsibility and allocate long-term funding to make Wales’ coal tips safe, Finance and Local Government...
Future developments in Wales will have to take into account future flooding and coastal erosion risk caused by climate change the Welsh Government has confirmed In...
Enforcement on 50mph stretches of some of Wales’ busiest and most polluted motorways and trunk roads – including the M4 around Port Talbot, will kick in...
The Welsh Government has confirmed it will merge the green and amber travel lists into one and remove the requirement for pre-departure testing for those fully...
Almost £25m will be invested in up to four new PET-CT scanners across Wales to improve access to this cutting edge diagnostic technology. The new Positron...
People will have to show a NHS COVID Pass to enter nightclubs and attend events in Wales from next month, the First Minister announced today. The...
Transport for Wales is launching a scheme that they say will help rehabilitate people and provide them with an opportunity to change their life. ‘Building Futures – On the...
Welsh companies in five key sectors will be brought together to help each other export more of their products across the globe, as part of a...
The Welsh Government’s Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS has announced the Chair and Panel that will be carrying out the Welsh Government’s controversial...
A new drug with potential lifesaving qualities has been approved for use in NHS England but not the Welsh health service. Anti-cholesterol drug inclisiran, a twice-yearly...
A wider choice of test providers will be available for people returning to Wales from overseas to book PCR tests from 21 September The change comes...
New legislation which protects puppies and kittens and provides the purchaser with an assurance the animals have been bred on the premises from which they are...
World Horse Welfare launched its latest campaign today in Wales and is encouraging people in the country to contact their recently elected Members of the Senedd...
The new Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government will be Dr Andrew Goodall CBE, it has been announced. Dr Goodall will succeed Dame Shan Morgan as...
As a new report reveals one in seven Welsh high street shops lie empty, a Welsh Government Minister admits that radical intervention is needed to save...
The Welsh Government should ask the British Government to include Wales in plans to change the law to ensure that pet abduction is considered a dedicated...
Registered child care premises in Wales will benefit from 100% non-domestic rates relief for an additional three years, the Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan...
First Minister Mark Drakeford is urging people in Wales to get vaccinated and keep taking familiar steps to help address rising coronavirus cases. It comes as...
Views are being sought on potential changes to local taxes which could be used by local authorities to tackle the effects that large numbers of second...
The Welsh Government have announced a raft of measures that they are asking pupils and school staff to follow before the start of the new school...
Children and young people will be removed from the list of people who would be asked to shield and will no longer be considered clinically extremely...
The Welsh Government have announced additional funding to provide a 100 Police Community Support Officers to tackle crime and support communities. The First Minister Mark Drakeford...
Last month saw the longest waiting lists for NHS treatment and the worst A&E waiting times on record for Wales, leading worries from the Conservatives that...
A new expression of interest window for the Farm Business Grant will open on 1st September Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths, announced today ahead of a...
Health Minister, Eluned Morgan, has welcomed more than half a billion pounds of new funding for health and social services in Wales to deal with Covid....
A new 20mph speed limit is being introduced in a large area of Llanelli as part of a Welsh Government rollout to reduce the national default...
Improving working conditions for health and care workers after the pandemic has to be part of a wider project to give all its worker fair play,...
The Welsh Conservatives have called on Labour’s Health Minister to take action to drive down the price of COVID tests so Welsh families do not pay...
Welsh Government Minister for Education and Welsh Language, Jeremy Miles, has congratulated learners in Wales receiving their GCSE and vocational qualification results today. There were 328,658...
Gower Salt Marsh Lamb has become the first new product to be awarded UK Geographical Indication (UK GI) Status, the highly sought after award, which will...
Education Minister Jeremy Miles has praised the achievements of students all over Wales as 2021 A, AS, VQ and Skills Challenge Certificates results are published. The...
Ministry of Furniture, the company which emerged from Remploy Furniture, is collaborating with Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind (MTIB) to combine key competencies for the benefit of National...
A new world-class rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys has been given the seal...
Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford is set to announce that Wales will move into Alert Level Zero on Saturday (7 August). At alert level zero, all...
The Welsh Government has announced an expansion to their flu vaccination programme this Autumn with all over 50s and all secondary school pupils to get the...
Following changes to the policy on self-isolation, the Welsh Government’s self-isolation support scheme will increase from £500 to £750. The increase in the payment, will come...
The Welsh Government has used its Economic Resilience Fund (ERF) to help safeguard 70 jobs against the economic effects of the pandemic at Caerphilly-based Transcend Packaging....
People could be able to elect their local councillors as part of their weekly shop, as part of efforts to make voting easier. Voting could also...
All adults who have been fully-vaccinated will no longer have to self-isolate if they are identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus from 7 August,...
Finance and Local Government Minister Rebecca Evans visited a historic garden in Carmarthenshire to see how the project has used funding from the Landfill Disposals Tax...
Deputy Minister for Social Partnership Hannah Blythyn has launched the Welsh Government’s LGBTQ+ Action Plan consultation, outlining details of how Wales can become the most LGBTQ+...
Independent charity Victim Support hosted a virtual event on 13th July, which brought together the Welsh Government and Hate Crime Leaders to work to tackle hate...
The First Minister has announced the Queen has formally accepted the recommendation that Owen Evans should become the new HM Chief Inspector of Education and Training...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has agreed a 3% pay rise for all NHS staff, as she today accepted the recommendations of the pay review bodies in...
A new plan to help food and drink companies across Wales get their products on the shelves of major retailers is being launched by the Welsh...
A new programme to help Welsh firms who have never exported before to sell their products in new international markets is being launched by Wales’ Economy...
Three quarters of people in Wales have now had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine, the Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan has announced....
From a major scheme that will preserve Swansea’s rich industrial heritage to a multi-million pound project that will bring substantial new leisure, housing and green space...
The Anti-Bullying Alliance and Kidscape have announced new support from the Welsh Government, enabling them to deliver anti-bullying support for schools throughout Wales during the coming year. The...
The Welsh Government has announced it will fund fire safety surveys for multi-occupied buildings over 11 metres to ensure the highest standard of safety for residents....
Wales will take its next step towards a future with fewer covid legal restrictions as First Minister Mark Drakeford today set out a longer-term plan for...
The Welsh Government scheme which supports people on low-pay with a £500 payment if they have to self-isolate is being extended until March 2022. The Self-Isolation...
The Deputy Minister for Climate Change Lee Waters today issued a “national call to arms” to ask the people of Wales to help to deliver real...
Ahead of Mark Drakeford’s coronavirus rules update on Wednesday, the First Minister has said that face coverings will continue to be required in certain settings, such...
The UK Government has yet to present an offer to the Welsh Government for a Freeport to be established in Wales, Welsh Ministers will tell a...
Welsh Education Minister, Jeremy Miles has confirmed he is to provide additional support for schools to enable the momentum behind the introduction of our new Curriculum...
Campaign group ‘Unite for the Night’ says the lack of engagement with night time economy operators and a lack of a timeline for removing restrictions is...
The plan comes as the minister with responsibility for housing, Julie James visited a housing development in Pembrokeshire where she heard from one young local who...
A lifesaving programme to help improve survival rates after a cardiac arrest is being supported with almost £2.5m over the next three years by the Welsh...
The first ever all-Wales Wildlife and Rural Crime Coordinator will outline his priorities today after being appointed to the position. The role is the first of...
Businesses in Wales that continue to be affected by Covid restrictions will receive up to £25,000 of additional support from the Welsh Government, Economy Minister, Vaughan...
A new £10m grant will be introduced this month to help people in private rented accommodation who are struggling to pay their rent because of the...
As Pride Month draws to a close, Deputy Minister for Social Partnership Hannah Blythyn, highlighted the Welsh Government’s record in advancing LGBTQ+ rights in Wales and...
Businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic will now be protected from eviction until the end of September 2021, Welsh Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced. As...
People living in Wales who have received the Covid vaccine will be able to access their vaccination status via the internet from today [25 June] to...
Swansea Council’s contact tracing and IT teams are making it possible for Welsh people who have an essential reason to travel internationally to get vaccination certificates...
Welsh Conservatives have called on the First Minister to apologise after making ‘misleading’ claims regarding Bovine TB in the Senedd. Last week, Mark Drakeford – in...
Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Lynne Neagle has unveiled an updated All Wales Weight Management Pathway which supports the development and delivery...
The Welsh Government supported Food and Drink Wales Export Club has reached and surpassed its 100-member milestone following a 56 percent increase in applications since March...
A new world-class rail testing facility on a former opencast mining site at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys will transform the local area...
A £55 million programme that will help equip the Swansea Bay City Region with world class digital infrastructure has been approved by the UK Government and...
The Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters will announce a freeze on new road building projects, whilst a review of highway schemes across Wales is...
As celebrations take place across the country for Armed Forces Week [21 to 27 June], this year’s events also mark 10 years since organisations across Wales signed...
Health Minister Eluned Morgan has urged people to keep playing their part to keep Wales safe this summer. As cases of the Delta variant continue to...
Jeremy Miles today set out a series of measures we will take to create more capacity and ease potential pressures within the Welsh education system, providing...