Bethan Mckernan
Wales Correspondent at The Guardian
Gohebydd Cymru/Wales correspondent @Guardian. Home after stints in New York, London, Beirut, Istanbul and Jerusalem. Back in the Middle East from time to time.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Bethan Mckernan
The new Welsh National Theatre set up by Michael Sheen will be based in Swansea, the actor has announced. Sheen stepped in earlier this year after the Cardiff-based theatre company and charity was forced to close after £1.6m in funding cuts from the Arts Council of Wales. It was announced on Wednesday that the theatre will be headquartered in Swansea, where the Neath-born actor’s theatre journey began as a member of the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Libby Brooks |Bethan Mckernan
Rachel Reeves has been accused of shortchanging the UK’s devolved nations after leaving the Welsh, Scottish and northern Irish governments with multimillion-pound funding gaps. The chancellor said the Treasury would fully cover the 1.2% rise in national insurance contributions for employers on salaries above £5,000, which came in on 6 April.
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2 weeks ago |
defenddemocracy.press | Bethan Mckernan
After four years reporting from Israel and Palestine, our correspondent is returning to the UK. She reveals the grief, horror and hope that defined her time thereBy Bethan McKernanThu 29 May 2025 hree days before Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, I was helping friends who live in Gaza City gather armfuls of guava in their orchard in Beit Hanoun, in the north of the Strip, when something strange happened. Hamid and Rania* had bought the small plot the year before.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Bethan Mckernan
Disability benefit cuts planned by the UK government will disproportionately impact the lives of people in Wales, campaigners have said. Research released by the data analytics company Policy in Practice last week estimated that 190,000 people – 6% of the population – could have their incomes slashed by up to 60% by the end of this parliament if eligibility for personal independence payments (Pip) is tightened as proposed in a March green paper.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Bethan Mckernan
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