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Janet Finch-Saunders MS – the Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Minister – has backed a call from rural economy agency Country Land and Business...

In response to additional funding for schools announced today, Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Education, Sian Gwenllian MS said, "I have long called for additional funding for...

Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley late of the Royal Welch Fusiliers has been announced as UKIP’s top candidate for Mid & West Wales for the...

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have called on the Welsh Government to campaign for Britain to re-join the European Single Market and Customs Union. This...

ELUNED MORGAN TEAMS UP WITH CLIMATE CONCIOUS 10-YEAR-OLD TO URGE MAGAZINES TO DITCH COVER TOYS The Senedd Member has backed the young campaigner’s call to end the distribution of damaging plastic.  10-year-old Skye Neville from Fairbourne reached...

Ahead of Commonwealth Day (tomorrow, March 8), Andrew RT Davies MS – the Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader – has praised the value of the...

"Poverty is not inevitable – it is a lack of political decision" – Helen Mary Jones MS Plaid Cymru has today (Saturday 6 March) outlined...

"Nid yw tlodi'n anochel – mae'n ddiffyg penderfyniad gwleidyddol" – Helen Mary Jones AS Heddiw (dydd Sadwrn 6 Mawrth), mae Plaid Cymru wedi amlinellu ei...

Tegwch wrth wraidd polisïau sydd yn wrthbwynt i "wactod moesol San Steffan" Heddiw, bydd Arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Adam Price AS, yn annerch Cynhadledd Wanwyn rithiol...

Fairness at heart of policies to counter "moral vacuum of Westminster" Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS will today address his party's Virtual Spring Conference, vowing to...

In response to the announcement on provisional grades for GCSE and A-Level pupils in June, Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Education, Sian Gwenllian MS said, "The Welsh...

Fairness at heart of policies to counter "moral vacuum of Westminster" Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS will today address his party's Virtual Spring Conference, vowing to...

Tegwch wrth wraidd polisïau sydd yn wrthbwynt i "wactod moesol San Steffan" Heddiw, bydd Arweinydd Plaid Cymru, Adam Price AS, yn annerch Cynhadledd Wanwyn rithiol...

Plaid Cymru has launched its Education Recovery Plan, as it emerged that children in Wales have lost an estimated half a year of learning...

Mae Plaid Cymru wedi lansio ei Chynllun Adfer Addysg, wrth iddi ddod i'r amlwg bod plant yng Nghymru wedi colli tua hanner blwyddyn o...

New focus on preventing illness also at heart of Plaid’s Health AND Care service vision Investment in the workforce, including parity of treatment for care...

Ffocws newydd ar atal salwch hefyd wrth wraidd gweledigaeth gwasanaeth Iechyd a Gofal Plaid Bydd Plaid Cymru yn buddsoddi yn y gweithlu, gan gynnwys sicrhau...

Cllr Rob James, Carmarthenshire Labour Leader stated "Having spent months challenging Plaid Cymru's inflation-busting council tax increase, which would have resulted in average households in some...

Commenting on the Welsh Government’s latest statement on financial support for Cardiff Airport, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Economy, Russell George MS said: “The aviation...

Commenting on today's statement about Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, the Shadow Minister for Health – Angela Burns MS – said: "Labour's Health Minister can...

In response to the announcement that more pupils could return to schools before Easter, Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for Education, Sian Gwenllian MS said, "If the scientific...

Campaigners celebrated victory last night as Wales joined England and Scotland in finally making the teaching of life saving skills a requirement of the...

The Welsh Government Minister confirmed that an additional £30 million will be made available to support those affected by on-going coronavirus restrictions. It has also...

Plaid Cymru MS Helen Mary Jones has raised the impact on cockle-gathers of the Llangennech derailment last year. She received an assurance from the First...

Plaid Cymru's Shadow Minister for the Environment and Rural Affairs has urged the Welsh Government to pause the introduction of their proposed Nitrate Vulnerable...

Andrew RT Davies MS, the Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader, called for a freeze on council tax rises today during First Minister’s Questions. Mr Davies said: “As...

First Minister Mark Drakeford has been accused of "looking backward not forward" on the future of Wales when it comes to independence, Plaid Cymru...

Welsh Conservatives have today (March 2), renewed their call for the private hydropower sector in Wales to be supported by the Welsh Government after...

In response to the news that business rate relief is being withdrawn for private hydropower schemes in Wales, Plaid Cymru Shadow Minister for the Environment,...

"Job creation and recovery from the pandemic are at the very heart of the UK Government's budget", said Welsh Conservative Senedd Leader Andrew RT Davies...

Responding to the Welsh Government budget announcement, Plaid Cymru's Shadow Minister for Finance, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS said, "This budget is a missed opportunity. It...

All school consultations have been extended until the end of the summer term after opposition pressure about holding consultations during the pandemic.   In the last Council...

Commenting on the announcement of a further £682 million being released by the Welsh Government to tackle Coronavirus, Andrew RT Davies MS – the...

Plaid Cymru says Welsh Government's agricultural pollution solution will cause more harm The Welsh Government's regulations to control agricultural pollution in Welsh waterways have been...

Plaid Cymru yn dweud y bydd datrysiad llygredd amaethyddol Llywodraeth Cymru yn achosi mwy o niwed Mae rheoliadau Llywodraeth Cymru i reoli llygredd amaethyddol yn...

Responding to the news that households with one or more children under the age of 1 can form a support bubble with one other...

Carmarthenshire Labour have tabled an alternative budget that will see Plaid Cymru's council tax increase slashed, with additional funds going towards school buildings, flood defences...

A report on looked-after children raises more questions than answers, says Laura Anne Jones MS, the Shadow Minister for Children and Young People. Some...

Plaid Cymru accuses Welsh Government of hampering process of effective scrutiny Holding government to account is hard when they take eight months to reply –...

Plaid Cymru motion on the extension of Free School Meal criteria rejected by the Labour Welsh Government The Labour Government's refusal to back extending Free...

Mark Isherwood MS, the Shadow Minister for North Wales, has today (February 24) introduced a Member’s Legislative Proposal for a British Sign Language Bill for...

Commenting after today’s Covid briefing, Angela Burns MS, the Shadow Minister for Health, said: “Naturally enough, we welcome the Minister’s pledge that all adults in...

Plaid Cymru welcomes Welsh Government U-turn on vaccination The Welsh Government's belated U-turn on prioritising people with learning disabilities living in care homes for vaccinations...

Speaking after the statement on the Future domestic Rural Development Programme, Janet Finch-Saunders MS – the Shadow Rural Affairs Minister said: “I made clear that,...

Plaid Cymru is calling on the Labour Welsh Government to use portion of unallocated cash from draft budget to extend free school meal eligibility...

Welsh Labour Leader and First Minister Mark Drakeford has refused to commit to a £10 an hour minimum wage for all care workers in...

Russell George MS – the Shadow Minister for Economy, Transport and Mid Wales – has backed calls from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)...

Responding to Welsh Government's economic plan, Plaid Cymru's Shadow Minister for the Economy, Helen Mary Jones MS said, "Twenty years of a Labour government in...

Commenting on today’s announcement about pupils returning to school, Suzy Davies MS – the Shadow Minister for Education – commented: “We supported the December lockdown...

Carmarthenshire Council have extended two school closure consultations, after the Welsh Government confirm that local authorities have an ability to extend or pause consultations...