Responding to the Welsh Government’s announcement that it will not introduce a Welsh Agriculture Bill to implement the outcome of its Brexit and Our Land policy in this Assembly, Plaid Cymru Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Llyr Gruffydd AM said: “This … Continue reading Victory on Brexit and Our Land legislation U-turn
The failure of Labour to back an autism Bill for Wales has been condemned by campaigners and Plaid Cymru. Labour, the Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams and one independent AM opposed the Bill in the Senedd, meaning it failed to be … Continue reading Labour condemned over Autism Bill failure
Plaid calls out the Welsh Government for their “policy of privatisation” There has been a dramatic increase in the amount Health Boards have spent on outsourcing to private sector healthcare providers. Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price criticised the Labour Welsh … Continue reading Health Boards see dramatic increase on private healthcare funding
Hypocrisy as Labour call Scottish Government’s scheme ‘too little, too late’ but do nothing in Wales Plaid Cymru’s Rural Affairs Spokesperson, Llyr Gruffydd, has called on the Welsh Government to offer financial assistance to farmers facing difficulty following extreme weather … Continue reading Financial support for Welsh farmers needed urgently
Plaid Cymru denounces policy that subsidises families earning £200,000 a year Labour’s new childcare policy will subsidise free childcare for the wealthiest families while excluding those from the poorest households looking to return to work says Plaid Cymru’s shadow education … Continue reading New Labour childcare offer favour rich but excludes poorest
Pressure is mounting on the Welsh Government to maintain an essential grant for disabled people after 20% of AMs backed a statement of opinion. Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Gruffydd has tabled a Statement of Opinion in the National Assembly calling … Continue reading Pressure grows to keep essential disability grant
Plaid Cymru Assembly Members have today responded to the publication of the annual National Survey for Wales by criticising the Labour Welsh Government for “failing patients, pupils and parents” as standards slip in health and education under their control. Shadow … Continue reading Labour Welsh Government “failing patients, pupils and parents” as National Survey highlights decline
BRING SECTOR TOGETHER TO HELP TACKLE SCHOOL FUNDING CRISIS Plaid Cymru AMs will today hold a debate in the Senedd chamber to call on the Welsh Government to bring together key stakeholders in the education system to look anew at … Continue reading School funding is reaching breaking point
Nurses working in a Welsh dialysis unit have challenged First Minister Carwyn Jones to back them against plans to privatise their jobs. The nurses based in Wrexham, Bangor, Alltwen (Porthmadog) and Welshpool face being transferred from the NHS to a … Continue reading Nurses challenge First Minister over dialysis privatisation plans
Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Gruffydd says staff concerns are being ignored Staff and patient concerns about privatising dialysis services in north Wales are being ignored, according to Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Gruffydd. Mr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM, said: … Continue reading Dialysis contract is ‘privatisation of NHS by the backdoor’
