Welsh Conservatives have uncovered an alarming rise in Labour’s spend on public consultations and consultancy fees for an M4 relief road. The figures emerge from an FOI by the Welsh Conservatives and come in the same week that the Welsh Labour Government admitted they had underestimated the likely cost of the ‘black route’ by…
Figures uncovered by the Welsh Conservatives have revealed the crisis at the heart of Welsh A&E departments. According to a Freedom of Information Request by the Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies, health boards are falling well short of the recommended ‘baseline’ for staffing levels in emergency departments. The Royal College of Emergency…
Wales International and Glasgow 2014 Goalkeeper Ria Male has called time on her international sporting career with the announcement of her retirement from hockey. Male has represented Wales at both junior and senior level in a career that has spanned two decades, and was most notably part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games following an inspiring…
This morning at Hirwaun Fire Station we joined our South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) partners in the launch of the All Wales multi-agency approach to combating grass and mountain fires across Wales#allwaleslaunch #stilllaughing A grass fire, no matter how small, can very quickly turn into a major incident, tying up valuable resources. We are…
Download (opens in new window) PDF[1.54MB] This report summarises the outcomes of the Auditor General’s appointed auditors’ work on the 2014-15 accounts of town and community councils and their joint committees across Wales. It identifies that auditors are reporting on similar themes for 2014-15 as were reported on in previous years, indicating that the sector…
The Welsh Government has conceded that “pauses”, “delays” and staff retention issues led to a massive underspend on one of its flagship initiatives. Of the nearly £50million originally budgeted for Reach the Heights – little over £29m was ever spent. An evaluation document revealed that the difficulties around project expenditure were compounded by targeting issues, whereby only a…
The Most Reverend George Stack, Archbishop of Cardiff, visited the school today. He joined the Chair of Governors, Fr Robert, Deputy Headteacher, Mr Alun Lewis, and Ms Fiona Bell, History Curriculum Leader, for assembly and a presentation from the Fire Service. Head Boy, Joseph Davies and Deputy Head Boy, Jacob Jones took the Archbishop on a tour of the school and…
Welsh Liberal Democrats in RCT have welcomed the climb down by the Labour Cabinet over the changes to home to school transport which were planned to be introduced in September. Charges were due to be introduced for those living between two and three miles from secondary schools and one and a half and two miles…
Amendments to the Council’s Home to School Transport Policy, which were due to take effect from September 2016, will no longer take place. The Council will shortly contact all parents/guardians of pupils to confirm home to school transport arrangements for 2016/17 academic year. County Borough Councillor Andrew Morgan, Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf County…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne has set out the next stage of his long term economic plan for Wales, with an ambitious Budget designed to make Britain fit for the future at a time of increasing global economic uncertainty. The 2016 Budget showed how the Government’s economic plan continues to work for the…
