Vaughan Gething confirmed £5.25m has been restored to the 2024-25 apprenticeship budget, taking overall investment to more than £143m a year.
Author: Chris Haines - ICNN Senedd Reporter
Senedd votes against ‘ill-conceived’ UK bill due to freedom of speech concerns
A UK Government bill, which would ban councils from using procurement to boycott countries on moral grounds, has been criticised in the Senedd.
Calls for Welsh Government to be given more control over its budget
A rare cross-party consensus emerged as the Senedd united in raising concerns that some community councils have more financial flexibility than the Welsh Government
Senedd tribute to ‘incredible band of women’ 100 years after White House peace campaign
Sioned Williams led a short debate to mark the century since four campaigners landed in New York in 1924 with a seven-mile-long petition signed by 390,296 Welsh women.
Warnings that Wales’ role in UK-EU relations has diminished since Brexit
Open democratic debate has been replaced by diktat and decisions made in the shadows, Senedd Members warned.
Falling university applications could make it harder to recruit doctors
A Plaid Cymru’s shadow minister, said latest data from UCAS shows Wales has the lowest application rate of any country in the UK.
Calls for Wales-specific Covid inquiry narrowly rejected in Senedd
Conservative and Lib Dem MSs backed Plaid Cymru’s call for a Wales judge-led inquiry but Welsh ministers and Labour backbenchers voted against.
Welsh Government rebuffs claims it backtracked on real living wage promise
The Welsh Government has been accused of rowing back on a promise to pay the real living wage to homelessness and housing support workers.
Estyn decision to scrap headline gradings has ‘lifted a burden’ on schools
Estyn’s chief inspector told the Senedd’s education committee that feedback from schools since scrapping the headline gradings has been overwhelmingly positive.
Welsh Government unveils ten-year mental health and suicide strategies
Deputy minister Lynne Neagle has launched 16-week consultations on the draft mental health and suicide and self-harm prevention strategies.