The outgoing head of a new public body set up to oversee post-16 education warned of “massive challenges”, with cuts proposed at universities across the country.
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‘Closing a library is much meaner an act than merely closing the doors to a building’
South Wales East MS discusses Llancaiach Fawr and library closures in her latest blog for Caerphilly Observer.
Committee calls for 60,000 more social homes
A committee called for Wales to build an estimated extra 60,000 social homes to begin to catch up to comparable countries across Europe.
University’s Kazakhstan plans under fire amid funding crisis
Cardiff University pushing ahead with plans to open a campus in Kazakhstan while slashing jobs and closing courses at home would be a national disgrace, the Senedd heard.
Senedd supports call for unpaid carers bill
Senedd Members backed calls for a bill to ensure better support for more than 310,000 unpaid carers across Wales.
National collections ‘at risk due to chronic under-investment’
A Senedd Member accused the Welsh Government of failing to heed repeated warnings after the national museum was forced to close its doors.
Ministers ‘failing to hold fire services to account’
MSs accused the Welsh Government of failing to hold fire services to account after a report revealed a toxic culture of bullying, harassment, misogyny and discrimination
Call for urgent action on safety after school stabbings
Adam Price raised warnings from trade unions of a “behaviour crisis” in Welsh schools following the stabbings at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford.
Tourism tax cash ‘could plug gaps elsewhere’
Money raised by a proposed visitor levy could be used to plug gaps in cash-strapped public services rather than support tourism as intended, the industry warned.
GB energy bill backed despite concerns Senedd could be bypassed
Senedd Members signed off on Westminster’s GB energy bill despite concerns about duplication and the Welsh Parliament being bypassed in future.