The Senedd narrowly backed plans to ban offers on unhealthy food and drinks including “buy-one-get-one-free” deals in an effort to tackle high rates of obesity.
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Senedd supports ‘scores on the doors’ for care homes
The Senedd supported plans to introduce inspection ratings for care homes, with service providers set to be required to publish “scores on the doors”.
‘One of the biggest scandals of devolution’: call for inquiry into botched insulation scheme
Petitioners called for a public inquiry into a government-backed insulation scheme that left people thousands of pounds out of pocket.
New law to ‘eliminate’ profit from looked-after children’s care gets Royal Assent
It means no new for-profit providers of children’s care homes, fostering and secure accommodation services would be able to register in Wales from April 2026.
Give businesses a say on how tourism tax money is spent, committee argues
The Welsh Government is set to introduce a visitor levy, or tourism tax, from 2027. The aim is to generate money that can be reinvested into Wales’ tourism sector.
Eye care services ‘woefully under-resourced’
Tens of thousands of people at the greatest risk of irreversible sight loss are languishing on waiting lists for too long, with services woefully under-resourced, a committee heard.
‘It’s so important that our national sport is available to everyone’
In this blog for Caerphilly Observer, South Wales East MS Laura Anne Jones talks free-to-air Six Nations coverage, teacher recruitment and more.
Senedd rejects Tory motion on national insurance hike
The Senedd rejected Conservative calls for the UK Government to compensate charities for the increasing cost of employer national insurance contributions from April.
Senedd Members denounce ‘devastating’ benefit cuts
Sioned Williams, Plaid Cymru’s shadow social justice secretary, raised concerns about UK Government proposals for the biggest shake-up of the welfare system in a generation.
Ministers at odds with dentists over ‘biggest reforms in decades’
Jeremy Miles said the Welsh Government will launch a consultation on dentistry reforms, which will mark a significant change to the old 2006 contract, by the end of the month.