New Report Highlights Urgent Need to Address Poverty A new report released by WPI Economics, in collaboration with Carers Wales and funded by the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, has revealed the alarming extent of poverty among unpaid carers in Wales. The findings highlight that 26% of unpaid carers in Wales live in poverty, with 9% experiencing…
The UK Labour Government’s decision to end universal winter fuel payments will have a devastating impact on pensioners up and down Wales. With around 400,000 households, and 540,000 Welsh pensioners now not receiving up to £300 this winter. As outlined by the Welsh Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Culture, Trefyndd and Chief Whip, Jane…
The National Health Service is in serious trouble in Wales? When will Wales have an Independent investigation of the devolved Welsh NHS? In July 2024, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care commissioned Lord Darzi to conduct an immediate and independent investigation of the NHS. Lord Darzi’s report provides an expert understanding of…
Known as the Basic Income for Care Leavers pilot, the project was designed to help children in Wales leaving the care sector as they turned 18. A total of 635 people benefited from a basic income payment as of July 31, 2023. Of that number, 67 were current or former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Davies asks:…
Although historically relatively self-sufficient in covering domestic energy demand, the United Kingdom’s dependency on imports has increased in the past few decades. With oil and gas fields on the continental shelf depleting and the government phasing out coal, the country has grown increasingly reliant on supplies from other countries. Energy dependency reached its peak in 2013, at…
Newly elected MP for the upper Cynon Valley, Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare MP Gerald Jones voted to cut your winter fuel allowance, I don’t believe the last MP for Cynon Valley would have followed the party line and put party before local pensioners you get what you vote for. Nearly 1 in 5 older people…
Ahead of a key vote on winter fuel payments in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “This vote is an opportunity for Welsh MPs to show some backbone. “The Labour Government’s unforgivable decision to scrap winter fuel payments risks creating a fuel poverty crisis among…
You may also be interested in the Welsh Government film on the proposed M4 and how it would cut major pollution and bring prosperity to Wales https://www.facebook.com/hartleythehare/videos/423232656804358?idorvanity=287319888860759 Responding to Eluned Morgan saying the implementation of blanket 20mph speed limits caused problems, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “The Welsh Government have…
Many pensioners face the risk of falling into fuel poverty, especially in the winter: Industry and government interventionEnergy UK’s Emma Pinchbeck has called for intervention and a partnership between government and industry to help with energy bills. Octopus Energy and Good Energy have also called for long-term investment in renewables and a social tariff. Winter Fuel…
In 2026, the Senedd will expand at a cost to the taxpayer from 60 to 96 members and adopt a new electoral system, with the 32 constituencies. Created by pairing up Wales’ 32 Westminster seats into 16 constituencies, the new boundaries cross many of the country’s existing administrative borders. Is there to much government administration…
