The council argues it must make “difficult decisions” if it is to protect essential services and plug a funding gap of around £47 million by March 2028.
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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.
Gatland announces Wales side to face France in Six Nations opener
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has named his starting XV ahead of their opening Six Nations match against France.
Five-year restoration project in Cefn Fforest nearing completion
Cefn Fforest Miners Institute is ‘not far off’ partially re-opening for the first time in nearly a decade.
‘Tap-in, tap-out’ passengers overcharged by TfW after system error
Rail passengers who were incorrectly overcharged by Transport for Wales’ new ‘tap-in, tap-out’ payment system have been promised a refund, after a glitch.
Watchdog decides not to investigate council leader after self-referral
Cllr Sean Morgan referred himself to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales in October 2024, over a matter relating to “recent correspondence” between himself and “a resident”.
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.
GP company under “enhanced monitoring” after it hands back Brynmawr contract
A Leicestershire-based management company which runs two GP practices in Caerphilly County Borough is under “enhanced monitoring” from the health board, after it handed back the contract for another of its surgeries.
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.
Police launch crackdown on lorry drivers using road as ‘cut-through’
The operation follows concerns some drivers were illegally using the weight-restricted road, in Rogerstone and northern Newport, as a “cut-through”.