Unite Wales members at Stagecoach are now set for significant industrial action following a breakdown in talks with ACAS. After two rounds of talks with mediators, Stagecoach signalled no movement towards a fair pay rate of £10.50 per hour, while maintaining that cuts to sick pay, paid breaks and destructive new starter rates would be…
Welsh Conservatives slam Plaid’s ‘voodoo economics’ Shadow Finance Minister Peter Fox MS has today questioned the potential deal between the Welsh Labour-Plaid Cymru and the effect it will have on the upcoming budget. During his questions to the Minister this afternoon, he also accused Labour of signing up to Plaid’s whacky wish-list which included several…
One million illegal cigarettes, with a street value of more than £200,000, have been seized in Wales as part of a major crackdown on the country’s illegal tobacco trade. The milestone was hit by Welsh Trading Standards Teams taking part in Operation CeCe, an ongoing National Trading Standards initiative in partnership with Her Majesties Revenue & Customs (HMRC)…
