Chris Haines

5 days ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Chris Haines

Eluned Parrott, head of Wales at the Institute of Physics, warned Wales had fewer physics-trained teachers than secondary schools in 2024 (Senedd TV)Physics education is at breaking point in Wales due to a lack of teachers, yet training bursaries are £14,000 higher across the border in England, a committee heard. Eluned Parrott, head of Wales at the Institute of Physics, warned Wales had fewer physics-trained teachers (174) than secondary schools (205) in 2024.

5 days ago | cambrian-news.co.uk | Chris Haines

Wales’ First Minister Eluned Morgan (Welsh Gov)Senedd members have pressed the First Minister about plans to protect leaseholders in Wales against “huge annual fees” charged by estate management companies. Also in the newsQuizzing Wales’ first minister in the Senedd on June 17, Hefin David MS welcomed the “very good” recommendations of a petitions committee report on the so-called fleecehold scandal.

5 days ago | deeside.com | Chris Haines

The Welsh Government issued a disgraceful response to an inquiry on public appointments, showing disrespect bordering on contempt for the Senedd, a watchdog committee warned. Senedd members on the public accounts committee were outraged by ministers’ response to their report which found evidence of significant failings in public sector appointments. The Welsh Government failed to clearly accept nor reject any of the committee’s 20 recommendations, providing a “waffling” 35-page response instead.

5 days ago | deeside.com | Chris Haines

Senedd members debated calls to reopen railway lines along the west coast of Wales to connect north and south but balked at the estimated £2bn cost. Carolyn Thomas led the debate on June 18 following a near-13,000-name petition calling for the reopening of railway lines to connect the north and south of Wales. As part of the campaign, in September 2023, Elfed Wyn ap Elwyn, the petitioner, set off on a 10-day trek from Bangor to the Senedd following the old railway as closely as reasonable.

5 days ago | msn.com | Chris Haines

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