Welsh Government Archives - Page 18 of 18

Welsh Labour £8,000 spent in a Mediterranean Manhattan restaurant, £5,000 on the ‘best Steak in New York’ and £3000 on a five-star hotel meal in India.

Team @ AberdareOnline11 May 202320 June 202502 mins

Labour procurement card U-turn The Labour Government has announced it will now publish its procurement card data quarterly, instead of yearly, following revelations found by the Welsh Conservatives in the Labour Government’s procurement card data. This included £8,000 spent in a Mediterranean Manhattan restaurant, £5,000 on the ‘best Steak in New York’ and £3000 on…

Wales Labour Health Minister had to be forced, by Senedd vote, to meet with the Royal College of Nurses late last year.

Team @ AberdareOnline11 May 202311 May 202301 mins

Labour need to do more to avert further Nurse strike Commenting on the RCN’s rejection of the latest pay offer by the Labour Government in Wales, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “With the Labour Government’s latest pay offer being rejected by nurses, it is vital that talks resume, Ministers get around…

Welsh Labours failed tree campaign

Team @ AberdareOnline10 May 202320 June 202502 mins

Try planting trees where Natural Resources Wales has had mass deforistation in the South Wales Valleys that contrabuted to the the reasent flooding. My tree our forest campaign failure The Labour Government’s My Tree Our Forest Campaign has failed to gather enough public support for members of the public to take up the offer of a…

Welsh Labour is obsessed with their vanity projects

Team @ AberdareOnline3 May 20233 May 202302 mins

Labour hypocrisy laid bare at transport questions Commenting on her exchange today with the Labour Deputy Transport Minister, Welsh Conservative Shadow Transport Minister, Natasha Asghar MS said: “With nearly 1-in-4 on a Welsh NHS waiting list and nearly 40,000 waiting over two years for treatment, you’d have thought the Labour Government would be funnelling resources…

Labour Government won’t rule out council tax hike on widows and single parents

Team @ AberdareOnline3 May 202320 June 202501 mins

Following the news that the majority of Labour councils across Wales could be plotting to scrap the council tax discount for households that are single-person occupied, Shadow Minister for Local Government, Sam Rowlands MS said: “Labour could be attempting to extract money from people with the least financial security, all whilst their councils are hoarding over £2.75…

Wales Schools face very real pressures as teachers face redundancy

Team @ AberdareOnline3 May 202320 June 202502 mins

Commenting on the news, Welsh Conservative Shadow for Education Laura Anne Jones MS said: “This is just further evidence that the Welsh Government are out of their depth when it comes to the real issues affecting people in Wales. Education as well as health, must be prioritised above all passion projects from Labour. Instead, the Welsh…

Labour continues to drag out school uniform support

Team @ AberdareOnline2 May 202320 June 202503 mins

Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Education Minister, Laura Anne Jones MS said: “This story seems to be stuck on repeat in the Welsh press, with no discernible action being taken by the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay. Cost-of-living concerns have exacerbated financial worries, but the problems and solutions remain the same. “There are already viable alternatives…

The First Minister has so far refused to set up an independent Wales-specific Covid Inquiry despite the need for one being clear to all, with the exception of Mark Drakeford himself.

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Late covid-19 disclosures from Labour Government unacceptable Commenting on the news that the Labour Government were late producing a full disclosure to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Welsh Conservative Shadow Health Minister, Russell George MS said: “The First Minister, has so far refused to set up an independent Wales-specific Covid Inquiry despite the need for one…