Extra £10m package to help protect jobs

23 Oct 2020

  Welsh Labour Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has today called on employers to use extra Welsh Government funding to protect workers at risk of falling through a gap in UK government wage support schemes. The Minister has backed these calls with an extra £10m package to help protect workers not…

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£300m support for businesses during Firebreak

20 Oct 2020

  The Welsh Labour Government is doubling the third phase of its Economic Resilience Fund, making nearly £300 million available to support businesses that continue to be affected by COVID-19. In September, Welsh Labour Economy Minister Ken Skates announced £140 million would be made available under the third phase of…

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Marcus Rashford MBE backs Welsh Government decision to ensure free school meal provisions for every school holiday until Easter 2021

15 Oct 2020

  The Welsh Government has guaranteed free school meal provision for all school holidays up to and including Easter 2021, thanks to £11m funding confirmed yesterday. The move has been backed by Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford saying he welcomed ‘the Welsh Government’s swift response to this urgent need in…

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£320m boost to support post-Covid recovery

06 Oct 2020

  Wales will build a new future out of the coronavirus pandemic, the Welsh Labour Government announced today, providing £320 million towards the immediate reconstruction work. Welsh Labour Counsel General Jeremy Miles MS said although coronavirus is still very much with us, part of our response must be to prevent…

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£140 million to support Welsh businesses

30 Sep 2020

  £140 million of new Welsh Government funding will help businesses, including hard hit industries like tourism & hospitality, to deal with the economic challenges of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the UK’s impending exit from the EU, Economy Minister Ken Skates has announced. The funding from the third phase of the…

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£420,000 ensures access to free school meals for shielding or self-isolating pupils

23 Sep 2020

The Welsh Government will ensure all pupils entitled to free school meals will continue to receive provisions if they are shielding or have to self-isolate thanks to £420,000 of funding. Ensuring the continuation of free school meal provision has been a key priority for the Welsh Government as it has…

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£14 million funding package for Wales’ sport and leisure sector

18 Sep 2020

£14 million of new Welsh Government funding will help Wales’ Sport & Leisure sector survive through Covid-19 and beyond. The ‘Sport and Leisure Recovery Fund’ will support the sector with the ongoing challenges resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic and provide longer-term sustainability. The fund is intended to provide essential support…

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State-of-the-art hospital to open four months early

27 Aug 2020

  A brand new hospital for Wales will open four months ahead of schedule Welsh Labour Health Minister, Vaughan Gething has confirmed today. The Grange Hospital will officially open mid-November this year, instead of the originally planned date in March 2021. The new facility based in Cwmbran, which has received…

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Major funding boost for COVID-19 testing

18 Aug 2020

  Welsh Labour Health Minister Vaughan Gething has announced nearly £32m to speed up result turnaround times. The investment in Public Health Wales laboratory services will deliver faster results for contact tracing and ensure Wales is prepared for any increases in cases during the autumn and winter. The money will…

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New support package to protect renters and combat homelessness

14 Aug 2020

  Welsh Labour Minister for Housing and Local Government, Julie James, has confirmed up to £50 million to support projects across Wales, providing people with safe and secure homes to make sure they do not fall into homelessness and no-one is forced back onto the streets. The Welsh Labour Government…

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New £800m fund to protect our NHS and prepare for winter

03 Aug 2020

  A new £800m stabilisation package to help the Welsh NHS to continue to respond to and recover from the impact of the coronavirus crisis has been announced today. This latest package takes the total amount of Welsh Government Covid-19 support for NHS organisations to more than £1.3bn. A new…

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Securing the future of Wales’ culture sector

30 Jul 2020

  The Welsh Government is investing £53 million to help Wales’ diverse culture sector deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The fund will be delivered jointly with the Arts Council of Wales and has a “cultural contract” at its heart to help the sector emerge from the pandemic…

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Funding to support employment and training in Wales

29 Jul 2020

  The Welsh Government has pledged to support everyone to find work, education or training or help to start their own business with a £40m skills and jobs fund. The ambitious fund is part of a longer-term plan to help Wales recover from coronavirus; to build back better and ensure…

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Airbus: We will leave no stone unturned to support the industry. The UK Government must do the same.

02 Jul 2020

  Following the devastating news of job losses in the Broughton Airbus plant, Welsh Labour Minister for Economy and North Wales Ken Skates has called on the UK Government to step up and help the industry: “The announcement that 1,435 jobs are to be lost at Broughton confirms our fears…

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HIV prevention treatment routinely available in Wales

30 Jun 2020

  Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services In May 2017, I announced Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) would be routinely available for all individuals for whom it was clinically appropriate, as part of a three-year all-Wales study in its use as part of a wider HIV prevention approach. Now,…

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Welsh Government to extend measures to protect businesses impacted by coronavirus from eviction during summer

30 Jun 2020

  The Welsh Labour Government is extending measures to protect businesses affected by Coronavirus from eviction during the summer, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales Ken Skates, has announced. The extension to the moratorium on commercial lease forfeitures comes as non-essential retail businesses began reopening in Wales last week.…

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Extended households will help reunite families

29 Jun 2020

  People from two separate households will be able to join together to form one exclusive extended household the First Minister has announced today.   It is intended the concept will be introduced in Wales from July 6 – the same day Ministers want to lift the stay local requirement…

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Care homes benefiting from digital devices rollout

17 Jun 2020

  Care homes across Wales are benefiting from digital devices being delivered to them as part of a Welsh Labour Government scheme to help residents keep in touch with friends and family, and to assist with video medical consultations Over the past few weeks the Digital Communities Wales: Digital Confidence,…

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Welsh Government announce new £20 million fund to transform homelessness services

28 May 2020

  Welsh Labour Housing and Local Government Minister Julie James has announced new funding of up to £20 million to help ensure that no-one in emergency shelter during the coronavirus crisis has to return to the streets or unsuitable accommodation. The Welsh Labour Government’s initial funding package of £10 million…

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£640m reaches businesses in £2.4bn Welsh Government Covid-19 response

27 May 2020

  Welsh Labour Minister Rebecca Evans will set out the extraordinary steps the Welsh Labour Government has taken to dedicate more than £2.4bn to the coronavirus crisis when the supplementary budget is published later today. This significant financial effort has not only provided more than £750m to fund our NHS…

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