Senedd Members criticised Cardiff University’s plans to cut 400 jobs and courses including nursing, calling for ministers to intervene to prevent “educational vandalism”
Author: Chris Haines - ICNN Senedd Reporter
Concern over unhealthy competition between schools and colleges
Cash-strapped sixth-forms and colleges are under great pressure to compete with each other for funding, putting their own interests before those of learners, a committee heard.
Senedd debates plans to ‘eliminate’ profit from looked-after children’s care
If the bill becomes law, no new for-profit providers of children’s care homes, fostering and secure accommodation services would be able to register in Wales from April 2026.
Senedd steps up multi-million-pound office search
With the lease on Tŷ Hywel, the red-brick building beside the Senedd, expiring in 2032, the Senedd has issued a contract notice after deciding to go ahead with procurement.
Progress on tackling fuel poverty ‘far too slow’
Progress on reaching a target of no more than 5% of households in Wales living in fuel poverty by 2035 has been far too slow, a committee warned.
Senedd debates scathing report on cancer services
Senedd Members debated a damning review that found cancer services have consistently failed to hit a 75% target for patients to start treatment within 62 days.
‘Urgent need’ for more speech and language therapists
Mark Isherwood pointed to statistics showing 71% of those in the youth justice system have speech, language and communication needs, compared with 10% for children as a whole.
Public set to get vote on booting out misbehaving Senedd Members
People would be given a vote on whether to remove badly behaving Senedd Members from office between elections under plans unveiled today.
Senedd debates ‘deeply worrying’ Natural Resources Wales cuts
Senedd Members reiterated calls to protect three popular visitor centres, warning of “deeply worrying” cuts at Natural Resources Wales.
Ministers urged to ‘get a grip’ on teaching workforce crisis
Senedd Members accused the Welsh Government of failing to get to grips with a recruitment and retention crisis in the teaching profession.