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Author: Chris Haines - ICNN Senedd Reporter

Welsh Government minister sacked over leak claims

Thursday, May 16, 2024Friday, May 17, 2024

Vaughan Gething has sacked Hannah Blythyn over allegations she leaked mobile phone messages to the press, claims which she denies.

Women with gynaecological cancers facing ‘gaslighting’

Thursday, May 16, 2024Thursday, May 16, 2024

Women with gynaecological cancers are facing gaslighting from the Welsh Government as well as the medical profession, the Senedd heard.

Council tax shake-up plans pushed back to 2028

Wednesday, May 15, 2024Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Rebecca Evans confirmed Welsh Government plans to redesign council tax, which were initially pencilled in for as early as April 2025, will be delayed

More than a quarter of childcare providers fear they won’t survive the year

Wednesday, May 15, 2024Wednesday, May 15, 2024

More than a quarter of childcare providers say they will not survive the year due to funding rates failing to keep up with costs, a committee warned.

Ambulance crews seeing less patients on an average shift, Senedd told

Wednesday, May 15, 2024Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Colin Dennis, chair of the trust’s board, said ambulance crews report they would regularly see five to eight patients in a shift five years ago but today it is one or, occasionally, two.

Families at breaking point over new ALN system, Senedd hears

Thursday, May 9, 2024Thursday, May 9, 2024

Far too many children and young people are unable to access support under Wales’ new additional learning needs system, leaving families at breaking point, the Senedd heard.

Fears raised in Senedd over coal tip reclamation projects

Thursday, May 9, 2024Thursday, May 9, 2024

Proposals to reclaim disused tips risk opening the floodgates to coal extraction under the guise of remediation, the Senedd heard.

Senedd to get more members after expansion plan approved

Wednesday, May 8, 2024Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Landmark legislation to increase the size of the Senedd and change its voting system cleared the final hurdle in the Welsh Parliament.

First Minister warns devolution still fragile on 25th anniversary of first election

Wednesday, May 8, 2024Wednesday, May 8, 2024

The First Minister warned that devolution remains fragile as Senedd members reflected on the 25th anniversary of the first election to the then-National Assembly.

Senedd hears calls for vulnerable people at risk of fuel poverty to be protected

Thursday, May 2, 2024Thursday, May 2, 2024

Wales must safeguard vulnerable people at risk of fuel poverty after a ban on energy companies forcibly fitting prepayment meters came to an end, a committee warned.

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