Members of the University and College Union at Coleg y Cymoedd will, on Tuesday 17th November, protest at the gates of the building over savage funding cuts to adult education in Wales which were implemented this year, with the strong likelihood of more cuts in the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget to be released in December. …
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is to shut it’s Welsh tax offices, with staff offered a transfer to a new regional centre in Cardiff – or north west England. The changes are taking place over a ten year period and mean the closure of offices in Wrexham, Swansea and Porthmadog. The present site in…
In response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on improving access to the outdoors for recreation, Ramblers Cymru is calling for Welsh Government to be ambitious and introduce the ‘freedom to explore’, giving people access to all of Wales’ countryside and coastline. Ramblers Cymru is suggesting that Welsh Government can learn from the success of Scotland’s…
A national mobile treatment service, boosted access to modern cancer drugs and a patients’ champion will all form part of Welsh Conservative plans for a Cancer Patients’ Fund in Wales. The party’s leader and Shadow Minister for Health will today visit a Tenovus Cancer Care Mobile Support Unit, which provides work the…
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) received 2,803 complaints and enquiries about adult social care in 2014/15, up 18% on the previous year, it has been revealed. The Ombudsman’s Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints 2014/15 also said that in those complaints where it had carried out a detailed investigation, the LGO had upheld 55% of cases…
UKIP has repeated its call for high paid management to be cut in Wales’ acute services in order to fund better frontline medical care and policing. A report by The Taxpayers’ Alliance has revealed that 2,620 staff in Wales police forces and NHS on six figure salaries, many of whom occupy managerial positions. A UKIP Wales…
Natural Resources Wales is expecting large waves to hit the Welsh coast over the next few days due to strong coastal winds. People in coastal areas, especially in Cardigan Bay, are advised to be alert for flooding and to be prepared. The threat is due to a combination of high tides and a…
