Questions over fire safety standards in Wales have been raised following the catastrophic New Year’s blaze that killed 40 people in a Swiss ski resort.
Tag: Senedd
Linsday Whittle demands ‘common sense’ in social housing letting system
In this piece for Caerphilly Observer, Caerphilly’s Senedd Member Lindsay Whittle calls for change in the housing system.
Screening crisis: 15,000 ‘missing’ women at risk of breast cancer in Wales
The Senedd’s petitions committee heard only 69% of women invited for screening attended their appointment in 2022/23, below a 70% minimum standard and an 80% target.
Senedd election ‘will set the course for our communities, our prospects and our public services’
Plaid Cymru MS Peredur Owen Griffiths says this year’s Senedd election is a “clear choice” between “hope and fear” in this opinion piece for Caerphilly Observer.
Laura Anne Jones MS: ‘We can make the Welsh Dragon roar once more’
Reform UK Senedd Member Laura Anne Jones, who represents South Wales East, looks ahead to 2026 in this opinion piece.
Joint fire control room ‘like Wetherspoons on a match day’
Fire service staff in south Wales are sleeping in cars between excessive night shifts and have compared trying to run the control room to a Wetherspoon’s on a match day.
‘Harrowing’ distress now the norm for unpaid carers in Wales
“Harrowing” levels of distress have become the norm for unpaid carers in Wales, a committee has heard, with charities warning of a support system “set up to fail”.
‘Children spending more time in digital worlds than the real one’
Children are spending more time in digital worlds than the real one, the Senedd has heard, with excessive screen use shaping behaviour and health in ways society cannot ignore.
‘Nowhere I can play’: Disabled children excluded from Welsh parks
Nearly four in ten disabled children in Wales “never or hardly ever” play outside due to a “heartbreaking” lack of accessible parks, politicians have warned.
Senedd unanimously backs sign language bill
Plans to make Wales the best place in the UK for British Sign Language (BSL) users moved a significant step closer to becoming law with the Senedd’s unanimous support.