Peter Richards, who has been building control manager at Swansea Council for 23 years, described recruitment issues as dire across the 22 councils in Wales.
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Another Gwent Police officer resigns before gross misconduct allegations proven
Former Police constable Avron Roulstone faced allegations of using “inappropriate language towards a colleague”.
Health Board calls for residents to check on vulnerable people amid icy conditions
Families, friends and neighbours can perform simple tasks such as checking people have access to heating, and nutritious food and drinks.
Offering junior doctors a pay rise of more than 5% ‘not possible’ – health minister
Eluned Morgan told the Senedd that the Welsh Government expected a significant impact from this week’s three-day junior doctor strike.
Welsh economy minister brands UK levelling-up funding an “incoherent mess”
Vaughan Gething described replacement EU funding streams as an “incoherent mess, with very little planning, consultation or economic logic”.
“A travesty”: MS calls on Welsh Government to support cuts-threatened children’s charity
Natasha Asghar MS asked the Welsh Government to support Sparkle, which provides services for children with disabilities across Gwent.
First Minister urges UK Government to act fast over Horizon scandal compensation
Mark Drakeford said people from every single part of Wales have been affected by the scandal – which was recently the subject of an ITV drama.
Risca Comprehensive School put into special measures by Estyn
Issues such as the school’s below-average attendance figures, and poor lesson planning, were highlighted in Estyn’s report.
Health board’s pest control contract four times more expensive than previous agreement
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s new contract for “preventative and reactive pest control services” will cost an estimated £320,000.
Hedd Wyn: How the life of one of Wales’ most promising poets was cut short by war
Almost 500,000 men were killed in three months at Passchendaele, the third battle of Ypres. On the first day of that battle, Wales lost one of its most talented poets.