https://media.service.gov.wales/ News from Welsh Government en-GB PRgloo 6a3e471def42c677880c3282 https://media.service.gov.wales/news/wales-presses-case-for-new-powers-and-fair-funding-at-stormont-talks <ul> <li>Minister challenges UK Government on Wales Bill and HS2 funding gap</li> <li>Fair, needs-based funding settlement needed to end historic underfunding</li> <li>Visit follows statement to the Senedd, setting out full ministerial priorities</li> </ul> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:45:00 Z 6a3e6b6aef42c677880c3950 https://media.service.gov.wales/news/welsh-government-marks-armed-forces-day <ul> <li>Deputy First Minister attends Armed Forces Day event in Carmarthenshire</li> <li>£20,000 contribution supports this year’s event</li> <li>Focused support across devolved areas to the Armed Forces community in Wales</li> </ul> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:35:00 Z 6a3e56b5ef42c677880c3717 https://media.service.gov.wales/news/fm-addresses-eu-ambassadors-to-the-uk The First Minister of Wales, Rhun ap Iorwerth, addressed the representatives to the UK from the major EU nations yesterday.

]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:30:00 Z 6a3cf5b2ef42c677880c2465 https://media.service.gov.wales/news/gbp-20m-funding-boost-to-speed-up-social-homes-delivery-in-wales <ul> <li><strong>Extra £20 million&nbsp;allocated&nbsp;to increase social housing supply across Wales</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>Funding will help move people out of unfit temporary accommodation into quality homes</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>Investment contributes to the Welsh Government's target of 20,000 new&nbsp;social&nbsp;homes</strong><strong>&nbsp;</strong></li> </ul> Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:00:00 Z 6a3a94a1ef42c677880c07ce https://media.service.gov.wales/news/expert-group-meet-to-shape-waless-universal-childcare-offer <ul> <li>Expert group meets for the first time to help shape expansion of funded childcare for children aged nine months to four years in Wales.&nbsp;</li> <li>The group will focus on workforce planning, improving access and simplifying systems.&nbsp;</li> <li>Establishing the group was a First 100 Days commitment and it will work alongside a Welsh Government childcare taskforce to support the phased rollout.&nbsp;</li> </ul> Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:00:00 Z 6a3b9a03ef42c677880c0fa6 https://media.service.gov.wales/news/wales-and-ireland-strengthen-ties-in-fms-first-overseas-visit Wales will build stronger economic, academic and cultural ties with Ireland, after First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth made his first overseas visit to Dublin today. 

]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:19:00 Z 6a31310c4b2abdbf44e5a1db https://media.service.gov.wales/news/automatic-voter-registration-to-be-introduced-across-wales-ahead-of-2027-local-government-elections <ul> <li><strong><em>Regulations have been laid to&nbsp;allow for the&nbsp;roll out of Automatic Voter Registration across Wales&nbsp;ahead of the&nbsp;2027 Local&nbsp;Government&nbsp;elections.</em></strong></li> <li><strong><em>An independent evaluation by the Electoral Commission confirmed the success of pilot programmes in Carmarthenshire, Gwynedd,&nbsp;Newport&nbsp;and Powys.</em></strong></li> </ul> Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:00:00 Z 6a3a8537ef42c677880c0617 https://media.service.gov.wales/news/more-than-gbp-10m-to-restore-nature-across-wales-as-minister-sets-out-environmental-and-rural-priorities <ul> <li>£10m to restore biodiversity, create jobs and strengthen community connections with the natural environment.</li> <li>New Climate and Nature Plan to deliver net zero by 2040 and substantive nature recovery by 2050.</li> <li>Active work underway to secure a multi-annual budget for the Sustainable Farming Scheme.</li> </ul> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:50:00 Z 6a3935e6ef42c677880bf814 https://media.service.gov.wales/news/from-classrooms-to-hospitals-gbp-294m-investment-in-new-governments-priorities <ul> <li>New funding for social housing, school buildings and community facilities confirmed today</li> <li>Budget brings together full package of investment for the year ahead</li> <li>Builds on NHS, childcare and free school meals announcements made last week</li> </ul> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:03:00 Z 6a3a40c3ef42c677880bfefe https://media.service.gov.wales/news/welsh-government-response-to-latest-foreign-direct-investment-results-2025-26 Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy, Adam Price, said:

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