Education… ‘Schools funding must increase to reverse devastating decade of austerity’ 7 Jan 2020 Members of NAHT Cymru were outside the Senedd today to lobby AMs over the Welsh Government’s draft budget. They, along with members from other trades unions, were there to discuss…
Health… NEW: Shocking figures re: BCU external consultants pay 10 Dec 2019 Back in October I revealed that Betsi Cadwaladr health board was paying a Marbella-based management consultant £40,000 a MONTH to deliver savings. At the same time, the same health board…
Health… Last-ditch bid to scrap nurse rota changes 5 Nov 20195 Nov 2019 Plaid move motion in Senedd to back nursing staff Plaid Cymru has tabled a motion to the Senedd in a last-ditch bid to scrap controversial changes to nurse rotas in…
Health… £2,000 a day for Marbella-based management consultant? 24 Oct 2019 Plaid AM’s frustration as health board refuses to respond Delays in responding to questions about management consultants earning up to £2,000 a day at a beleaguered health board have been…
Community… Transport minister should apologise for ‘breathtaking spin’ on rail station access 21 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 Labour’s transport minister has been accused of “breathtaking” spin over promises to improve access at Ruabon station. A year ago, Labour AM Ken Skates and his Westminster counterpart Susan Elan…
Health… Labour turns its back on nurses over rota changes 19 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 Welsh Government branded ‘shameful’ over refusal to intervene Labour politicians’ refusal to back nurses in north Wales over controversial plans to change rotas by Betsi Cadwaladr health board has been…
Economy… Only one in 10 new Government jobs based in north Wales 17 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 Only one in 10 Welsh Government appointments over the past three years were in north Wales, according to figures revealed by Plaid Cymru. Exactly half of all the 410 Welsh…
Agriculture… Developing crisis in the Welsh food processing sector – Tomlinsons 15 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 The collapse of Tomlinson's Dairies and problems in the meat processing industry in Wales has prompted Plaid Cymru's shadow rural affairs minister to call for urgent government action. Llyr Gruffydd,…
Agriculture… Tomlinsons: “Worrying news for workers and farmers” 14 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 In response to news that Tomlinsons dairy was not taking local farmers’ milk over the weekend: Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM, said: “This is worrying news both for…
Health… 3500 sign petition to scrap nurses’ rota changes 11 Oct 201923 Oct 2019 A 3,500-name petition opposing plans to change nurses rotas in north Wales has been handed in to Betsi Cadwaladr health board by Plaid Cymru. Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM Llyr…
