Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM has challenged Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford to review the cost of a Private Finance Initiative waste scheme in Wrexham with a view to buying out the contract. Llyr Gruffydd said: “The waste contract between … Continue reading Private finance challenge for new Labour leader
‘Let’s get on with it’ The man who spearheaded the campaign for a National Football Museum in Wrexham has urged the Welsh Government to build on the work of a feasibility study that backed the proposal. Plaid Cymru’s North Wales … Continue reading Plaid calls for action on football museum report
Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM, met with Hafren Dyfrdwy to talk about the water company’s future plans for the Wrexham and Powys area. The meeting was organised to discuss the company’s plans for 2020-2025, while also giving the AMs the … Continue reading North Wales AM meets new water company apprentices
Every council bids to expand Welsh-medium education Funding to expand Welsh-medium education is failing to keeping pace with demand, according to figures released to Plaid Cymru. The Welsh Government recently announced a further £30 million of capital funding would be … Continue reading £30 million fund for Welsh-medium schools must be expanded to meet demand
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
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
Community leaders from TCC (Trefnu Cymunedol Cymru / Together Creating Communities) recently met with North Wales Assembly Member Llyr Gruffydd, and were delighted when he agreed to publicly support a fracking ban in Wales. Fracking is a way of extracting … Continue reading Further calls for a Frack Free Wales
Plaid Cymru’s shadow education secretary has welcomed news that the Welsh Government will be reviewing the schools admissions policy in the autumn. Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru’s North Wales AM, said the announcement by Kirsty Williams in the Assembly’s education committee … Continue reading Review of school admissions policy welcomed
The case for disabled people wanting to maintain their independent living was raised in the Senedd today (Tuesday, March 6) with questions to First Minister Carwyn Jones. The Welsh Independent Living Grant is due to come to an end next … Continue reading First Minister quizzed over loss of independent living grant for disabled
HMP Berwyn, which opened in February, will be the largest prison in Europe when full. But Plaid Cymru’s regional AM is critical that the vast majority of prisoners from north Wales are still going to prisons across the border. Fewer … Continue reading Wrexham prison isn’t catering for Welsh inmates
