School Attendance Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels in Welsh Schools

Latest attendance figures from the Welsh Government show that overall school attendance remains worryingly below pre-pandemic levels. More than half of the most vulnerable pupils in Wales were persistently absent in 2024/25, up from 30.4% in 2018/19. Year 11 pupils recorded the lowest attendance, averaging 86.8% in 2024/25 – 6.4 percentage points lower than in…

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Welsh Conservatives Respond To FM’s Laughable Claim That She Is Part Of “Labour’s New Generation”

Responding to Eluned Morgan’s comments that she is part of Labour’s new generation, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Darren Millar MS, said: “It really is laughable for Eluned Morgan to claim to be part of a new generation when she has been a frontline Labour politician in Wales since 1994. “After almost 27 years of…

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Unemployment Crisis Deepens: Wales Figure Hits 6.1%. This is what you get when you keep voting Labour

The latest labour market statistics for Wales, covering September/October 2025, revealed that Wales’ unemployment rate has risen again to 6.1%, levels not seen since mid-2015 and a considerable rise of 1.4 percentage points on the quarter. The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal is a £1.2 billion collaborative investment. The initial Cardiff Capital Region City Deal goal was…

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Why are our Towns dying, and Labour & Plaid Vote Against Plan To Back Small Businesses

In the Senedd today, the Welsh Conservatives brought forward a debate to mark Small Business Saturday, putting our plan to support small businesses to a vote, including proposals to: The motion did not pass, as Plaid Cymru and Labour Senedd Members voted against the Welsh Conservative motion. Commenting after the vote, Welsh Conservative Shadow Economy…

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