David Deans

3 days ago | bbc.com | David Deans

Row after only welfare cuts event in Wales cancelledDavid DeansPolitical reporter, BBC Wales NewsGetty ImagesA disability people's rights group has hit out after the UK government cancelled the only in-person event it had planned in Wales to gather views on its benefit cutting plans. Ministers are consulting on reforms to disability benefits, which could affect almost 190,000 people in Wales.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | David Deans

I won't get all the money I want from Starmer - FMWelsh GovernmentThe meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and Eluned Morgan was pictured by the Welsh government social media following the Council of Nations and Regions in LondonThe Welsh government will not get everything it wants from the UK government's spending review, the first minister has said. Eluned Morgan had called on the prime minister to "cough up" extra funding for Wales ahead of meeting him on Friday.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | David Deans

Wales' first minister says she is worried Sir Keir Starmer's migration plans will damage the country. Speaking to a BBC podcast, Eluned Morgan said she was concerned about "both" the prime minister's policy and the language he used to announce it. Morgan criticised Sir Keir ahead of a meeting with him in London on Friday, telling Political Thinking with Nick Robinson she had a "list" of issues with the UK government.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | David Deans

Sir Keir has said the UK risked becoming an "island of strangers" without stricter controls on migration. He plans to ban recruitment of care workers from overseas and tighten access to skilled worker visas. Morgan has previously said proposals from Sir Keir could pose "challenges" for social care services if they could no longer recruit overseas workers.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | David Deans

Questions about the cash emerged publicly after an email, sent by Welsh Tory chairman Bernard Gentry late on Monday night, informed the North West Wales Conservative Federation had been given "supported status" and that all the area's grassroots executives and officers had been stripped of their positions. The federation is in effect the Tory party for the Senedd seat of Bangor Conwy Môn, which covers Anglesey and the area around Bangor, Llandudno and Conwy.