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Working Together for a Skilled Wales

  • Employers, education institutions, trade unions, learners and training providers are gathering today at the Future Skills Summit in Swansea.
  • Attendees are taking part in presentations and workshops to explore the biggest challenges facing the Welsh skills system.
  • Insights from today's discussions will help shape a new national skills strategy.
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Deputy First Minister responds to deprivation figures: UK Prime Minister urged to act over child payment

  • New analysis published today shows around two in five children in Wales were living in income deprivation in 2024.
  • Tackling child poverty is a top priority for the new Welsh Government, with early progress on funded childcare, the Cynnal pilot, and a new Child Poverty Strategy. 
  • Assurances needed from UK Government on Cynnal pilot.
Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health Delyth Jewell

New safeguarding programme to strengthen protection of people at risk of abuse and neglect across Wales

  • New Safeguarding programme to strengthen protection for children, young people and adults at risk from abuse and neglect
  • A new Ministerial Assurance Board and intelligence hub to detect warning signs earlier and share information faster
  • Children, young people and adults voices will be at the centre of the programme.