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4 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Cemlyn Davies |Adrian Browne
The Welsh government still does not know how welfare cuts announced in Wednesday's the Spring Statement will affect Wales, the first minister has said. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced benefit changes, including tightening qualification rules for Personal Independence Payments (Pips), the main disability benefit, claimed by more than 250,000 working aged people in Wales. Eluned Morgan wrote to UK Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall on 11 March requesting a Wales-specific impact assessment.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
msn.com | Adrian Browne
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Adrian Browne
Reform could form a new government in Wales after next year's Senedd election, the party's Welsh spokesman has said. Oliver Lewis told BBC Wales this was "well within the realms of feasibility", with Reform winning "20, 30, or hopefully 40" seats in an enlarged 96-member Welsh Parliament. The party currently has no Senedd members but hopes to take advantage of a new, more proportional electoral system for Cardiff Bay.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Adrian Browne
Cross-party tributes have been paid in the Senedd chamber to the Welsh Liberal Democrat politician Jenny Randerson, whose death was announced over the weekend. Presiding Officer Elin Jones said Baroness Randerson, who was 76, had been a "highly respected and influential member" of the institution. Welsh Lib Dem leader Jane Dodds said she "inspired many of us to go into politics" while Labour First Minister Eluned Morgan and Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth praised her contribution to Wales.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Adrian Browne |David Deans
There was "plotting" within the Conservative Senedd group to oust Andrew RT Davies as leader as long ago as April, he has told BBC Wales. On Tuesday Davies announced he was quitting the role, after narrowly surviving a confidence vote, following months of pressure over the party's direction in Wales. He said his opponents had the right to challenge him but he did not believe the Conservative cause was "helped by their plotting and their scheming".
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mark Palmer |Adrian Browne
The first minister of Wales has congratulated Donald Trump on his US election victory. Eluned Morgan said Wales and the US have a “strong relationship” and she looked forward to that continuing. The leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd, Andrew RT Davies, has also paid tribute to Trump. However a former Welsh government cabinet member, Mick Antoniw, described his victory as a "threat to the rule of law and democracy”.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mark Palmer |Adrian Browne
Mims Davies has been named as the shadow Welsh secretary by new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. The Tory MP for East Grinstead and Uckfield, in the southeast of England, replaces former Conservative MP Lord Davies of Gower and said she was "delighted" to take up the role. "My love for Wales is enduring," she said, adding that she was "excited to be working closely" with the Welsh Conservatives and "standing up for Wales in Westminster once again".
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Mark Palmer |Adrian Browne
Mims Davies has been named as the shadow Welsh secretary by new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. The Tory MP for East Grinstead and Uckfield, in the southeast of England, replaces former Conservative MP Lord Davies of Gower and said she was "delighted" to take up the role. "My love for Wales is enduring," she said, adding that she was "excited to be working closely" with the Welsh Conservatives and "standing up for Wales in Westminster once again".
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Adrian Browne
Becky Gittins keeps her adrenalin pen with her at all times [Becky Gittins]Adrenaline pens should be included in first aid kits on trains, a Labour MP with severe peanut allergy has said. Clwyd East MP Becky Gittins said the pens - which are included in first aid kits in schools and by airlines - have saved "multiple lives", and that medicines regulations should be changed to protect train passengers with allergies.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Adrian Browne
Welsh government ministers and officials are preparing for the possibility that one of the country's 22 councils could go bust. Senedd members were told that while no council has asked for help yet, local authorities were finding things "really difficult". A number of local authorities in England have effectively declared themselves bankrupt in recent years, and Welsh councils have also warned that they could end up in similar trouble.
