Financial pressures on schools and wider public services are exacerbating pupil behaviour problems, with “wholly inadequate” health support, trade unions warned.
Tag: Senedd
‘Total chaos and havoc’: Senedd Members lambast bluetongue response
Senedd Members denounced the Welsh Government’s response to bluetongue, with limits on moving livestock, warning the approach will cause total chaos and havoc for farmers.
Senedd passes plastic wet wipe ban set to come into force next year
Wet wipes containing plastic will be banned in Wales next year to reduce the environmental harm caused by pollution.
Call for legal action over rail and NI funding
Adam Price urged ministers to consider legal action over £432m “owed” to Wales by the UK Government for rail spending and increased national insurance costs.
Senedd Members call for action on ‘fleecehold scandal’
Hefin David warned people living on Redrow’s Cwm Calon estate in Ystrad Mynach have just had their third increase in as many years.
Wrexham ‘unable to resist speculative developments’
The lack of a local development plan (LDP) in Wrexham risks paving the way for more speculative housing developments, the Welsh Government’s chief legal officer warned.
Senedd committee to investigate landfill site ‘nightmare’
Vaughan Gething, a Labour member of the petitions committee, expressed concerns about the level of “mischief” from the landfill site.
Disabled children ‘denied’ school support
Senedd Members considered a 1,454-name petition calling for a ban on the term “universal provision” – which refers to the support available to all pupils.
Wales is overhauling its democracy – here’s what’s changing
Bangor University’s Stephen Clear looks at the incoming changes to the Senedd and how we elect Senedd Members.
‘This continued short-changing of Wales should be of concern’
In his monthly blog for Caerphilly Observer, Plaid Cymru Senedd Member for South Wales East, Peredur Owen Griffiths, talks about the UK Government’s recent spending review