Promises of job creation at two freeports have been stealthily downgraded by thousands of jobs, with Wales falling far behind the curve, a Senedd Member warned.
Author: Chris Haines - ICNN Senedd Reporter
Wales recruiting ‘nowhere near enough’ secondary teachers
Wales is only training around a third of the necessary secondary school teachers, with nowhere near enough recruits and no improvement in sight, an education chief warned.
‘Rushed’ battery storage developments risk ‘devastating’ consequences
The rapid and largely unregulated proliferation of battery storage developments is becoming an urgent safety issue in many parts of Wales, a Senedd Member warned.
‘People are choking with the dust’: calls for action over quarry concerns
Concerns over plans to extend a quarry near Gelligaer have been raised in Cardiff Bay, as the Senedd debated calls for a mandatory 1,000-metre buffer zone around all quarries.
Newport hailed ‘a city on the rise’
Senedd Members hailed Newport as a city on the rise – economically, socially and culturally – with so much to offer the whole of Wales.
Senedd rebuffs call for public inquiry into beleaguered health board
Senedd Members rejected calls for a public inquiry ahead of the ten-year anniversary of ministers placing Betsi Cadwaladr university health board into special measures.
Mid Wales ‘continually disappointed’ on growth deal funding
Council chiefs have been “continually disappointed” by an ongoing lack of day-to-day funding support for the mid Wales growth deal from the Welsh and UK Governments.
Taxpayers hit with £5.25m bill for botched power station contract
Taxpayers will foot the bill for a £5.25m settlement after a legal claim over the awarding of a demolition contract for Aberthaw power station, a committee heard.
Cardiff region city deal ‘on course to create 26,000 jobs’
Council chiefs claimed the Cardiff region city deal is “more than on course” to create 26,000 jobs by 2036 despite delivering 4,335 jobs in the decade to date.
‘No targets, no teeth and no accountability’: ministers’ disability rights plan criticised
Campaigners warned it will be “impossible” to hold the Welsh Government to account on progress against its disabled people’s rights plan due to a lack of concrete targets.