Welsh Government

Ryan and Lucy Hole standing on a sunny seafront promenade outside a timber-clad bar with festoon lights
business rates

RATES CUT: Verdi’s boss says only one of his five venues gets the 30% hospitality cut, and calls the £51,000 line “a cliff edge”

The Welsh Government announced on Tuesday that pubs, cafés, restaurants and gyms will get a permanent 30% business rates cut…

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth, Finance Minister Elin Jones and pub owner Phil Newbould raising glasses behind the bar at the Radyr Tap
business rates

BUSINESS RATES: Pubs, cafés and gyms get a 30% cut, but only if they are under the £51,000 line

Hospitality and leisure venues across Wales will move onto the lower rates multiplier from April 2027, in a permanent change…

20mph sign
20mph

20MPH: Reform says scrap it after serious injuries hit a six-year high. Here is what the figures actually show

Reform Wales says the default limit is costing money and lives after 1,361 people were killed or seriously injured on…

The clock tower of Swansea's Guildhall rising above trees, with cars parked in front of the building
Budget

SWANSEA: Council orders ‘severe spending restrictions’ three months into the year, and one service is carrying almost all the damage

A freeze on vacancies and non-essential spending is already in force three months into the financial year, with adult care…

Two young women sitting together on a bus, looking out of the window
Bus

£1 BUS FARES: Nine million journeys in, the £1 ticket for under-22s is staying until 2027

The £1 single and £3 day ticket for 5 to 21-year-olds has been extended to March 2027, with more than…

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Adam Price MS

CYMRAEG AI: Ministers try again to teach artificial intelligence to speak Welsh

The Welsh Government is handing data, resources and expertise to a London AI company whose flagship model was built to…

A young woman in a wheelchair at home, with a person standing behind pushing the chair
disability

SWANSEA: Disabled people waiting ‘unacceptable’ times for home adaptations, council report admits

Demand for the grants that pay for stairlifts, ramps and wet rooms "cannot be controlled", Swansea Council's own performance report…

Swansea Council leader Rob Stewart and chief executive Martin Nicholls with health board and project staff in hard hats at the PET-CT centre construction site at Singleton Hospital
Cllr Rob Stewart

SWANSEA: £15m cancer scanner centre rising at Singleton, with first patients in early 2027

A permanent PET-CT scanning centre is being built at the South West Wales Cancer Centre, replacing the mobile unit that…

An older man at home with a mug of tea and a puzzle book
Carmarthenshire Council

CARMARTHENSHIRE: County lands £2.1m for care housing, but where it goes is a secret for now

The Welsh Government has confirmed to Swansea Bay News that £2.1m of today's £2.3m Housing with Care Fund announcement comes…

Dozens of cardboard boxes of school uniform stacked in a school community room, with staff standing behind them
Bridgend

SCHOOL UNIFORM: 35,000 free items land in 26 Swansea and Bridgend schools

Faith in Families' Cwtch Mawr Multibank has delivered around 35,000 uniform items to 20 schools in Swansea and six in…