On track to deliver 20,000 new affordable homes by 2021

18 Feb 2020

A further £24 million is being injected into building more new affordable homes in Wales, Housing Minister, Julie James has announced this week. In our 2016 Welsh Labour manifesto, we committed to building 20,000 affordable homes across Wales. By March 2019, 13,143 new homes had already been built. The changes…

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New Port Talbot base aids continuing tech firm growth

14 Feb 2020

Welsh Government Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government Hannah Blythyn has visited the new regional hub in Port Talbot established by global digital solutions consultancy Keytree. Based in London’s Covent Garden, Keytree opened its new Managed Services Centre based in the historic former Port Talbot Magistrates’ Court building at…

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North Wales employment figures continue positive trend

11 Feb 2020

North Wales is continuing to have a higher employment rate, lower unemployment rate and lower economic inactivity than Wales as a whole, according to the latest Regional Economic and Labour Market profile.   The recently published profile, which provides a regional picture compiling published figures up to September 2019, shows…

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£1.4 million to help transform Llandeilo Market Hall into a high-quality development

05 Feb 2020

Llandeilo’s Market Hall will be transformed into an innovative business hub for the town centre and wider community thanks to £1.4 million from the Welsh Government and EU, Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, Hannah Blythyn has announced.   The investment will return the Grade II listed building into…

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91 new jobs in Rhymney thanks to Welsh Government support

05 Feb 2020

The Welsh Government is investing £650,000 in Caerphilly-based Williams Medical Supplies (WMS) which will see 91 new jobs created in the Valleys, Economy Minister Ken Skates has announced.   Established in 1986, WMS is the UK’s leading provider of medical supplies and services to the UK healthcare market. The company…

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Welsh Government target of creating 100,000 apprenticeships set to be exceeded

04 Feb 2020

The Welsh Government is on course to exceed its target of providing 100,000 all-age, high quality apprenticeships across Wales during this Assembly term, Economy Minister Ken Skates has said at the beginning of Apprenticeship Week.   Since the target was introduced, more than 74,000 individuals have embarked on an apprenticeship…

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New Treatment Fund cuts average access time for new medicines from 90 to 13 days

03 Feb 2020

As it hits its three-year milestone, Welsh Government’s £80 million New Treatment Fund has cut the average time it takes for newly-recommended medicines to become available to patients by 85%, from 90 to 13 days.   The Fund is speeding up access to life-improving and life-saving new treatments through annual…

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Childcare Offer Boost for North Wales

28 Jan 2020

More than 3,200 children across North Wales are benefiting from the Welsh Government’s childcare offer with over 600 settings now providing it.   More than 3,200 children across North Wales are benefiting from the Welsh Government’s childcare offer with over 600 settings now providing it. Facilities across North Wales have…

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£90 million programme to transform Wales’ towns

28 Jan 2020

Wales’ towns are to receive £90 million of additional investment as part of a new Welsh Government approach to transforming town centres across the country.   Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, Hannah Blythyn, has announced the Transforming Towns package, which includes measures to increase footfall by making sure…

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First Minister asks Wales to ‘stand together’ as world remembers the Holocaust

27 Jan 2020

First Minister Mark Drakeford has asked Wales to stand together and celebrate difference as the world marks the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust.   He joined Holocaust survivor Dr Martin Stern and Cardiff Council leader Huw Thomas at a national  service of commemoration today (Monday January 27) at Cardiff’s City Hall…

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Finance Minister demands UK Government helps young people access their Child Trust Funds

24 Jan 2020

Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has written to the UK Treasury demanding that young people in Wales are helped to gain access to their Child Trust Funds.   Every child born in the UK between 2002 and 2011 received an initial payment of £250 from the then UK Labour Government to…

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All new homes in Wales to be heated and powered from clean energy sources from 2025

23 Jan 2020

Ambitious new proposals which would lead to all new homes in Wales being heated and powered only from clean energy sources from 2025, making them more energy efficient and cheaper to run, have been set out by the Welsh Government.   The consultation proposals unveiled by Housing Minister, Julie James,…

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Public sector in Wales encouraged to offer paid leave for victims of domestic abuse

16 Jan 2020

All public sector organisations in Wales are being encouraged by the Welsh Government to offer paid leave for victims of domestic abuse.   Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government Hannah Blythyn has written to all devolved public services to highlight a joint statement by the Workforce Partnership Council which…

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A Budget for the NHS and the Future of Our Planet

16 Dec 2019

Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has unveiled a draft Budget with plans to invest more than £8bn for the Welsh NHS alongside ambitious projects to help combat climate change. In the first Budget following the declaration of a climate emergency in Wales, there is significant new funding for low carbon transport…

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Mark Drakeford’s Barnstorming Speech at Swansea Rally

08 Dec 2019

Watch Mark Drakeford’s barnstorming speech at our rally in Swansea yesterday. “All of this relies on us.   An opportunity to repair to the damage done by a decade of Tory imposed austerity.   An opportunity to save our NHS from the clutches of Donald Trump & his friend Boris…

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Welsh Labour Wins: Free breakfasts for primary school pupils

03 Dec 2019

The Welsh Labour Government provides all children in primary education with a free school breakfast to start their day off right. Since it was first introduced in 2004, thousands of children have been starting their days with nutritionally balanced meals and heading into their first classes of the day on…

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One month to go until Welsh Labour’s cheaper rail fares

02 Dec 2019

Rail passengers across Wales are set to see a reduction in many fares across the Transport for Wales rail network from 2 January 2020, thanks to the Welsh Labour Government. Changes being implemented by the Welsh Labour Government’s wholly-owned, not-for-profit company Transport for Wales include free travel for under 11-year-olds,…

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Welsh Labour Wins: Free hospital parking in Wales

01 Dec 2019

We’ve provided free parking at Welsh NHS hospitals for patients, visitors and staff since 2008, scrapping what the BMA called “a tax on the sick”. Patients, staff and visitors to Welsh NHS hospitals have enjoyed free car parking since 2008, removing what the British Medical Association described as “a tax…

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Welsh Labour Wins: PrEP available to those who need it in Wales

01 Dec 2019

Because of a decision taken by the Welsh Labour Government, preventative medicine PrEP is available in Wales to all who need it. This is an important part of a wider approach to HIV prevention. Since the all-Wales programme began there have been no new recorded cases of HIV amongst those on…

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Skates Calls Out Tory ‘Half-truths’ Over Rail

30 Nov 2019

Welsh Labour Minister Ken Skates has hit out at Grant Shapps after the UK Transport Secretary wrongly claimed on BBC Any Questions that rail electrification was not his responsibility. Speaking as a panellist on the Radio 4 show on Friday in Cardiff during a discussion item on rail electrification in Wales,…

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