Local councils and other non-protected government departments have been ordered to draw up savings plans worth as much as 40 per cent of their budgets ahead of the Spending Review on 25 November. The Local Government Association is warning that the review, which sets out government spending plans for the next four years, would deliver…
Download (opens in new window) PDF[0.17MB] This report summarises findings from audit work undertaken at the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust during 2014. The Trust is working to implement its savings plans to address the significant ongoing challenge of breaking even whilst maintaining service delivery.Arrangements to support governance and board assurance are broadly sound…
Nearly £80 million has been spent by councils in Wales to transport pupils to schools in taxis, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have revealed. Peter Black AM believes that the Wales Audit Office should investigate whether the current system is delivering the best value for money. Freedom of Information responses reveal that since 2012, over £79,000,000…
Clinicians in Cwm Taf are working with a medical technology company based in Rhondda Cynon Taf and the University of South Wales on a revolutionary device to potentially detect lung cancer at an early stage. IMSPEX Diagnostics Ltd based in Abercynon has been working with Dr Paul Neil, Consultant Respiratory Physician from Cwm Taf…
Welsh Conservatives have called on the Labour government to clarify the situation surrounding the Cardiff-Anglesey air link, as information relating to Links Air emerges this afternoon. The Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed to a Welsh Conservative spokesman that the airline – which runs the service – has not had its safety approval renewed. …
Congratulations to Chloe Keywood (year 11) who recently won a competition to be a flag bearer at the rugby world cup. Chloe can be seen in the photographs carrying the national flag of Georgia, during their group game against New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Chloe was also a flag bearer during the…
FULL CAST OF ACTOR/MUSICIANS CONFIRMED FORTHE INSATIABLE, INFLATABLE CANDYLION, A THEATRE GIG FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES, PERFORMED AT CARDIFF’S SWALEC STADIUM DEC 2015-JAN 2016 A festive treat from the creative minds behind the genre-bending Praxis Makes Perfect: this December, Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys, writer Tim Price and director Wils Wilson…
People of Wales will decide future local government Plaid Cymru has stopped Labour from forcing through its centralisation agenda for Welsh local government without a mandate. Concessions secured by Plaid Cymru mean no work will be able to start on implementing reforms until after the next Welsh election – allowing people to choose which party’s…
