July 2022

Labour leaving out North Wales once again say Welsh Conservatives   North Wales has once again been side-lined by Labour ministers as the newly appointed Citizens Voice Board (CVB) contains only one representative for the region. In addition, an astonishing 6 out of the 7 board members have an association with the University of Wales…

A new report has found that the proportion of children living in poverty in Wales has risen by 5% between 2019-20 and 2020-21, with the percentage of UK children living in relative poverty falling by 4% in the same time period. The report was by Loughborough University on behalf of End Child Poverty. Commenting, Welsh…

Today (Tuesday 12th) the Senedd will vote on the Restricted Roads Order, which would impose reduced speed limits in built-up areas across the whole of Wales from 30mph to 20mph. Commenting, Welsh Shadow Minister for Transport, Natasha Ashgar MS, said: “The Welsh Conservatives are not against introducing 20mph speed limits outside schools, playgrounds, places of…

The First Minister resorted to cheap partisan points in the Senedd today as he could not defend his government’s “horrendous” record when it came to NHS waiting times. Andrew RT Davies MS took Mark Drakeford to task in FMQs, highlighting the number of patients waiting over two years in Wales – 68,032 – which has…

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is once again supporting South Wales Fire and Rescue as part of Operation Dawns Glaw, a taskforce set up to reduce the number of grass fires. Operation Dawns Glaw, a multi-agency taskforce of specialists from key agencies across Wales aims to reduce, and where possible, eliminate the impact of grass fires…

The scale of the dentist crisis hitting Wales has been exposed after it was revealed there are no dental surgeries taking new NHS patients in its largest county. The Welsh Conservatives sent a Freedom of Information request to Powys Teaching Health Board asking for the number of dental practices in the area accepting adult and…

The Welsh Conservatives are urging the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay to speed up its delivery of regional surgical hubs to tackle the record-long backlog that has built since the pandemic. The challenge was issued after a Royal College of Surgeons of England report urged the NHS to speed up the adoption of surgical hubs…

Hanan Issa, a poet whose “words are like ribbons weaving languages and cultures together" has today been named as the new National Poet of Wales. The post is a 3-year term, running until 2025. Hanan succeeds Ifor ap Glyn, who completes his tenure this summer. The news was announced on Front Row, BBC Radio 4.   The National…

The Welsh Conservatives have accused Labour of prioritising constitutional navel-gazing rather than addressing issues that face the people of Wales. In the chamber today, the First Minister outlined a series of Bills that the Labour Government will be looking to put before the Senedd over the next year. The bills include: Banning or restricting Single…

Welsh Conservatives call out taxpayer-funded award for Drakeford The Eisteddfod is to give the First Minister one of its highest honours this year in a move the Welsh Conservatives have called “blatantly political” for a taxpayer-funded organisation, suggesting an “apolitical representative” might be a more appropriate, less provocative choice. Mark Drakeford will be inducted into…