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Author: Chris Haines - ICNN Senedd Reporter

‘When flooding happens… it’s often too late to act’ – MS pushes for national plan

Friday, March 22, 2024Friday, March 22, 2024

Labour MS Carolyn Thomas shared her family’s own experience of the of the devastating impact of flooding as she called for a national resilience plan.

MS calls for overdose prevention centres to reduce drug deaths in Wales

Friday, March 22, 2024Friday, March 22, 2024

Peredur Owen Griffiths warned that the number of drug deaths in Wales is up more than 50% over the past ten years, with the rate remaining higher than in England. 

Health minister apologises after Grange Hospital body mix-ups

Thursday, March 21, 2024Thursday, March 21, 2024

Wales’ health minister apologised for the dreadful distress inflicted on grieving families after a second case of a hospital mortuary releasing the wrong body.

Calls for ‘outdated’ Barnett funding formula to be replaced

Thursday, March 21, 2024Thursday, March 21, 2024

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth described the funding formula as a weak, short-term solution from the 20th century.

Fears Wales’ national collections could be at risk due to budget cuts

Thursday, March 21, 2024Thursday, March 21, 2024

The Senedd has backed calls to keep free entry to museums amid concerns that Welsh Government budget cuts risk endangering Wales’ national collections.

Vaughan Gething receives backing of Senedd Members to become First Minister-elect

Wednesday, March 20, 2024Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Vaughan Gething has won the backing of Senedd Members and will officially become Wales’ new First Minister once given approval by King Charles III.

Senedd backs independent report on future of Welsh democracy

Wednesday, March 20, 2024Wednesday, March 20, 2024

In one of his final acts as first minister, Mark Drakeford led a debate on the report of the independent commission on Wales’ constitutional future.

Standing ovation for Mark Drakeford as outgoing FM gives resignation speech

Tuesday, March 19, 2024Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Senedd members from across the political divide paid tribute to Mark Drakeford as he officially resigned after five years as Wales’ first minister.

Could Wales follow Scotland and make bus travel free for under-22s?

Tuesday, March 19, 2024Tuesday, March 19, 2024

MSs quizzed Transport Scotland officials about the Scottish Government’s free bus pass for children and young people aged five to 21.

How and when will Vaughan Gething become Wales’ next First Minister?

Monday, March 18, 2024Monday, March 18, 2024

Following Vaughan Gething’s victory in the Welsh Labour leadership contest, here’s what to expect as the formal resignation and nomination process gets under way.

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