Across Wales, charities, not-for-profits, and voluntary organisations play an absolutely crucial role in delivering the public services that the most vulnerable in society depend upon. Labour’s cruel decision to increase employer national insurance contributions will have a detrimental impact on the future of Welsh charities, not-for-profits and voluntary organisations. It is clear that the UK…
Cash-strapped Cardiff Museum has splashed thousands of pounds on politically charged ‘woke’ exhibits instead of focusing on its core mission of preserving Welsh heritage, a Freedom of Information request by the Welsh Conservative Party has revealed. Among the most shocking revelations is that £5,000 of taxpayer money which consisted of a scrunched-up newspaper on the…
Audit Wales has criticised public authorities in Wales for failing to comply with key biodiversity requirements including the duty to prepare a biodiversity plan. In a report, The Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystems Duty, the watchdog also criticised the Welsh Government itself in one respect. Audit Wales said the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 aimed to reverse the…
Thousands of potentially toxic sites that councils have identified as “high risk” have not been tested due to a lack of funds, a BBC investigation has revealed. Rhondda Cynon Taf’s former industrial prosperity has left a legacy of over 4600 potentially contaminated sites. According to the report, scientists fear the untested sites could pose a…
THE WELSH Ambulance Service has launched an improved SMS text service which will give patients greater interaction with their transport bookings when using the Non-Emergency Patient Transport Service (NEPTS). The SMS service is currently taken up by about a third of patients across Wales with this figure expected to grow as the service is fully…
