Senedd Members have raised concerns about progress towards the targets of a million Welsh speakers and doubling daily use of the language by 2050.
Author: Chris Haines - ICNN Senedd Reporter
Inflation, austerity, and Brexit causing “extraordinary” financial pressures
Senedd Members questioned the finance minister about millions of pounds worth of cuts to the Welsh Government’s 2023/24 budget.
“Higher-risk” disused coal tips mapped as part of “mammoth” safety drive
Julie James, Wales’ climate change minister, told the Senedd that online mapping of disused tips marks a major milestone.
Wales could be set for biggest council tax shake-up in decades
The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on proposals to redesign council tax, with the goal of making it fairer.
Schools facing “frightening” financial situation, governors warn
Governors have warned that some schools in Wales are operating “hand to mouth” and facing a “frightening” financial situation.
Senedd reform plans a “step back” from current system
Plans to reform future Senedd elections are sub-optimal and a step back on Wales’ current system, a committee heard.
Unpaid carers disproportionately impacted by cost-of-living crisis
A Carers Wales report found that 76% of unpaid carers receiving carer’s allowance are struggling with cost-of-living pressures.
Replacement EU funding mechanisms are “chaotic and unwelcome”
Vaughan Gething said the UK Government’s shared prosperity fund is smaller, less flexible and narrower in scope than the EU funding it replaces.
Welsh Water bosses grilled by Senedd Members over sewage spills
The Senedd’s climate change committee took evidence after reports that spills in Wales account for about 25% of all discharges across Wales and England.
Welsh Government’s agricultural support scheme criticised
The launch of an interim agricultural support scheme has been described as a shambles which could see some farmers’ payments fall by as much as 90%.