Wet wipes containing plastic will be banned in Wales next year to reduce the environmental harm caused by pollution.
Tag: Senedd
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
Cardiff University cuts ‘could be repeated year on year’
Cuts at Cardiff University will be repeated “year on year” at all universities in Wales unless fundamental reform is brought forward, a committee heard.
‘Barriers need ripping down’: alarm over ‘shameful’ disability employment gap
The gap, which is the difference of employment rates between disabled and non-disabled people, stands at 31% in Wales.