AMs face a five-year pay freeze but could receive extra childcare and disability funding
(Title Image: Electoral Reform Society) The Independent Remuneration Board has published its draft recommendations for pay and expenses for members …
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Senedd Bites #85: Prefered route for A40 upgrade chosen
(Title Image: Welsh Government, Crown Copyright) Prefered route for £20million A40 upgrade decided The Welsh Government has chosen a route …
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Rise in Welsh child poverty “down to UK Government cuts”
(Title Image: Wales Online) “It should concern us all” – that was the verdict of the Local Government & Housing …
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Untapped talent, untapped potential: Welsh Government challenging attitudes towards the disabled in work
(Title Image: BBC Wales) The Welsh Government are going to focus efforts on changing attitudes of employers in order to …
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Flagship social services law “undermined by cuts”
(Title Image: BBC Wales) Health & Social Care Committee The Impact of the Social Services & Wellbeing Act 2014 on …
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5,500+ signature petition prompts new NHS training programme on learning disabilities for 2020
(Title Image: Paul Ridd Foundation via Facebook) P-05-854 – “Make learning disability training mandatory for hospital staff” Submitted by The …
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Committee: Benefits system too complicated, should be partially devolved
(Title Image: JJ Ellison under Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-3.0) Communities Committee Benefits in Wales: Options for better delivery (pdf) Published: …
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Eligibility criteria for blue badges to be looked at following committee inquiry
(Title Image: © Copyright Given Up via Geograph and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-2.0) Yesterday, AMs debated …
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Train capacity improvements promised, but Pacer removal deadline set to be missed
(Title Image: 2dcode.co.uk) Transport for Wales has announced that from December 2019, an additional 6,500 seats will be made available …
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Lack of toilets on South Wales Metro tram-trains condemned
(Title Image: Keolis Amey) New tram-trains set to be used on the Taf, Cynon and Rhondda rail lines from 2022 …
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Green-coloured free bus passes need to be replaced before the end of 2019
(Title Image: Wales Online) Free bus pass holders in Wales, including the over-60s and those with some qualifying disabilities, have …
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Arguments over the need for an Autism Bill linger on
(Title Image: NAS Cymru) The Motion The Senedd: Notes the publication of the Evaluation of the Integrated Autism Service …
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Best of the Blogs #72: Keeping it in the family
(Title Image: Elliot Brown via Flickr) Will Hayward breaks down the detail on AMs employing family members as staff. Dic …
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Tory AM calls for “strong government response” to community council declarations supporting independence
Zero carbon homes With the Welsh Government accepting in principle that all new affordable homes should be as close to …
Read More Law changes should be considered to fix “inconsistent” blue badge scheme
(Title Image: © Copyright Given Up (Geograph) and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-2.0) Communities Committee Blue Badge …
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Minister accepts eye appointment waiting times are too long, but promises improvements
(Title Image: via Plaid Cymru) The Motion (Final/Amended Version) The Senedd: Notes that there are currently 111,000 people living with …
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Campaign to raise the profile of councillors to be developed to improve diversity
(Title Image: WEN Wales) Yesterday, AMs debated the Community Committee’s report on diversity in local government – a summary of …
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Young carers ID card set to be phased in by the end of the year
(Title Image: via Senedd TV) The Motion (Final/Amended Version) The Senedd: Notes that there are more than 21,000 carers in …
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Additional 38,000 people trained in dementia awareness over the last year
(Title Image: maxpixel.net in the public domain) If there’s one thing AMs love it’s an awareness day or awareness week. …
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Senedd Bites #63: Smacking ban “could put off English tourists”
(Title Image: The Herald) Tory AM: Smacking ban could put off English tourists Janet Finch-Saunders AM (Con, Aberconwy) has suggested …
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Changes to the law may be needed to boost local government diversity
(Title Image: Women’s Equality Network Wales) Communities Committee Diversity in Local Government (pdf) Published: 4th April 2019 “….women, black and …
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Wales “faces £2billion shortfall by 2020” from welfare reforms
(Title Image: pymnts.com) The Motion The Senedd: Notes the analysis of the effect of the UK Government’s welfare reform …
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