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Jan 15, 2025 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
2 1/1 By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales Questioning the First Minister over Welsh Government housing-related support for homeowners, I noted that the risk of people struggling with mortgages is growing.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
2 1/1 By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales In the Business Statement, I raised concern that the requirement in the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, to give disabled people real voice, choice and control in decisions that affect their lives, is not being complied with and called for a Welsh Government Statement accordingly.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
2 1/1 By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales Speaking in the Senedd ahead of Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, I said that up that up to 98 per cent of low-income households in Wales are living in fuel poverty and that many households will struggle to keep warm and well throughout the winter, and called on the Welsh Government to use the funding it will receive in consequence of the UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan to help address the scale of the challenge in Wales.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
2 1/1 By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales Questioning the Cabinet Secretary for Transport about Welsh Government investment in bus services, I asked how he plans to support the industry to navigate the additional funding challenges created by increased National Insurance costs following the UK Government Budget.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales (Image: Freelancer) By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales Having long campaigned with disabled people and others across Flintshire to remove barriers along the Wales Coastal Path, I raised the matter with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, stating “the current situation contravenes both the UK Equality Act 2010 and the legal and policy frameworks” in Wales.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
2 1/1 By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales As a member of the campaign for removal of barriers along the Flintshire Coastal Path, I attended a Coastal Path Meeting at Saltney Ferry bridge car park with campaigners including charity TCC, which supports 40 member groups in tackling social justice issues within north-east Wales.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
2 1/1 By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales Questioning the First Minister about the housing crisis, I said “Your Welsh Government’s only housing target is to build 20,000 new, low-carbon social homes for rent during this five-year Senedd term. However, only 3,120 were completed in Wales in the first three years of this Senedd term.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales In a question to the First Minister on support for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), I referred to a new report which has revealed that a rising number of Welsh construction firms are facing administration, and asked how the Welsh Government will work with representatives of SME contractors to ensure that the sector can continue building.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales Speaking in the Senedd Chamber after the Valley Dental Practice on Ynys Môn announced that it will no longer offer NHS services, I called for an urgent oral Statement from the Health Secretary on NHS Dental Care in North Wales, stating “It is now two decades since Dentists in North Wales warned the then Assembly's North Wales Regional Committee that an NHS Dental Crisis would result if the Welsh Government did not listen”....
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
leaderlive.co.uk | Mark Isherwood
By Mark Isherwood MS for North Wales With two Scottish pensioners having launched a legal challenge against the UK and Scottish Governments over the Winter Fuel Payment cut, in Spokespersons Question I asked the Counsel General what discussion she has had with the UK Government regarding the impact of the case on the 500,000 pensioners who have lost their Winter Fuel Payment in Wales.
