During Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Dr Altaf Hussain MS, raised concerns about the lack of progress within the report published by the Welsh Government’s Future Generation’s Commissioner. Dr Hussain highlighted that even though the Welsh Government has delivered free school meals and…
In response to growing concerns from educators and parents, the Welsh Conservatives have further criticised the Welsh Government’s approach to managing education in Wales. Recent comments from headteachers and independent reports have shed further light on the stark reality: our schools are underfunded, under-resourced, and struggling to meet the basic needs of students. Commenting, Welsh…
The photograph above shows a section of the Cwmbach Community Wetlands, where tons of construction road waste were dumped into a natural depression. Following Storm Babet, the waste was pushed further into the wetland ecosystem. Although a fence has now been erected, the hole remains exposed and vulnerable to future weather events, with the next…
The Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) of independent experts, set up by Labour’s Health Cabinet Secretary, has produced a report offering a 29 recommendations to address the “high risk” of increasing patient harm and poor value for taxpayers’ money if there is not an “urgent improvement and turnaround” in the Welsh NHS. Commenting on the latest…
Welsh local authorities received 6446 violent incident reports from schools in 2023-24, compared to 4714 the previous year. The issue of discipline in Welsh schools has reached a critical point, with concerning statistics and incidents highlighting the urgent need for action. Recent data reveals that fixed-term exclusions among secondary school pupils have tripled over a…
£50m Sun-dimming experiments. Only the Labour government would spend millions on solar farms and then spend millions more on blocking the sun. Less than five months after construction officially began at the Coed Ely Solar Farm, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and Vital Energi are celebrating a significant milestone as…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has no money for school transport, but let’s spend thousands on roads that lead nowhere with little or no traffic. The introduction of the 20mph default speed limit by Labour has been met with widespread public debate and criticism. While road safety is a priority for all of us, the approach…
Residents are raising serious concerns about the impartiality of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee (2022–2027)—a body tasked with holding the council’s decisions to account. Out of the 14 members appointed to scrutinise decisions on behalf of the public, 11 are Labour councillors, the same party that controls the council. Both…
A Welsh Conservative FOI, requesting the publication by the Welsh Government of “all correspondence between the First Minister, Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers with the UK Government regarding Wales-specific consequences of the winter fuel payment cut” has revealed only two letters of correspondence – neither of which were from the First Minister. The first of which was from…
UK research indicates that 21% of potential holidaymakers would cancel their overnight trips if such a tax were introduced in their destination. Additionally, another 21% would reduce their spending while on holiday. Back British Holidays is calling on policymakers to reconsider proposals for tourist taxes, as new analysis suggests these levies could significantly harm local tourism economies. In…
