The budget agreement will allow the Welsh Government’s final budget for 2026/27 to pass through the Senedd in January, averting a potential crisis for public finances.
Author: Chris Haines - ICNN Senedd Reporter
Women driven to end pregnancies amid row over £28 drug
A doctor who facilitated abortions for two women with much-wanted pregnancies was not allowed to prescribe a £28 anti-sickness drug due to cost-effectiveness rules in Wales.
‘Sink or swim’: Young carer sat exam hours after 3am hospital ordeal
A teenage carer sat a GCSE exam only hours after getting home from a hospital at 3am following a family emergency, a Senedd committee has heard.
‘We are on our own’: Unpaid carers forced to ‘beg’ for support
Unpaid carers are being left to “pick up the pieces” of a broken system due to a lack of respite, unsafe hospital discharges and carer’s assessments that result in “nothing at all”.
Education budget uplift ‘much lower’ than £326m windfall, minister warns
Wales’ education secretary has defended her “constrained” spending plans, suggesting the Welsh Government has diverted about £280m away from education towards other priorities.
Rural Wales faces ‘patient safety vacuum’ amid air ambulance shake-up
Senedd Members have warned the closure of air ambulance bases in Welshpool and Caernarfon will create an “unacceptable patient safety vacuum”.
Senedd condemns UK budget as ‘failing the people of Wales’
The Senedd has voted to condemn the chancellor’s autumn budget, with opposition parties passing a motion that concludes Westminster is “failing to deliver for the people of Wales”.
Minister scolds health board over ‘indefensible’ data delay
Wales’ health secretary Jeremy Miles has rebuked Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board for “indefensible” delays to official NHS Wales performance statistics.
Opposition leaders renew calls for independent Wales Covid inquiry
The Conservatives and Plaid Cymru argued a dedicated Welsh inquiry remains necessary to deliver justice for thousands of families who lost loved ones during the pandemic.
Westminster standards chief urges Senedd to heed public on recall system
A new recall system allowing voters to remove misbehaving Senedd politicians between elections must command public confidence, the UK’s standards watchdog has stressed.