Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism, Sport, and North Wales, Gareth Davies MS, has criticised the Welsh Government spending £41,600.90 in February 2025 on Watch Africa CIC, an organisation that runs the annual Watch Africa Film Festival in Cardiff. According to its website, the festival launched in 2013 and celebrates African cinema, aiming to highlight…
In regulations being voted on in the Senedd today, the minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol in Wales is set to be increased from 50p to 65p per unit. Plaid Cymru and Labour MSs are expected to vote through the regulations together. The Minimum Price for Alcohol Act was introduced in 2018. Since its introduction, alcohol-specific…
The Welsh Conservatives have criticised the import of frozen chicken from Thailand and China to feed our school children as part of Plaid Cymru and Labour’s Free School Meal initiative. Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, Natasha Asghar MS, said: “Food for our children should be sourced within Wales wherever possible, boosting our…
Residents can now take part in the second phase of the Council’s annual budget consultation, focusing on a draft strategy that has been proposed for 2026/27. The exercise will enable both online and offline participation, including three face-to-face engagement events in local libraries. Cabinet considered the draft budget strategy at its meeting on Monday, February 2, which…
Should the headline read First sessions free thanks to taxpayers at Abercynon Sports Centre? Abercynon Sports Centre’s new-look gym and spin studio have been officially re-opened, marking the completion of a £300,000 Transforming RCT investment scheme by taxpayers at the popular facility. But no money for School Transport Cllr Scott Emmanuel, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s…
