Ystrad Mynach boxer Lauren Price MBE and Aberbargoed actor Luke Evans are among the finalists for this year’s St David Awards.
Tag: Senedd
Welsh Government’s £27.5bn final budget proposals approved
The Welsh Government’s £27.5bn budget plans have been approved by the Senedd after ministers struck a deal with Plaid Cymru – whose members abstained from the vote.
Call for action to improve Wales’ low breast cancer screening uptake rates
South Wales East MS Laura Anne Jones has written to health secretary Jeremy Miles following a Senedd debate on the issue.
Shadow health secretary booted off party’s front bench amid defection rumours
Welsh Conservative MS James Evans has been kicked off his party’s front bench and had the whip removed amid speculation linking him with a switch to Reform UK.
Too young to vote, old enough for the dock: Calls to raise age of criminal responsibility grow
Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price called for the age of criminal responsibility in Wales to be raised from ten to 14.
‘We can’t be complacent’: MS questions fire safety standards after deadly Swiss blaze
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.
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.