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Statement from the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning, Siân Gwenllian, on wildfires across Wales
The Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning, Siân Gwenllian, has issued the following statement in response to the ongoing wildfire incidents across Wales.
Investment boost to help grow Wales's planning workforce
- Nearly £450,000 invested and up to 19 new qualified planners to be supported across Wales
- New rural scheme targets workforce shortages in mid and west Wales
- Welsh-speaking graduates to benefit from locally-focused "grow your own" approach
Rural communities placed at the heart of Welsh Government
- White Paper published on issues and challenges facing rural Wales, action on climate change, sustainability and environmental protections.
- Around one in three people in Wales live in rural areas facing higher costs, lower pay and unequal access to services
- Proposals are designed to support thriving rural communities, businesses and public services
Digital health EU funding scheme open for Welsh applications
Welsh companies and organisations will be able to access R&D funding as Wales becomes a regional partner with a major EU scheme, the Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy, Adam Price, has announced.
From farm to fork: Wales announces plan to transform the nation's food
- New strategy to cover the entire food system from farm to fork
- Expert group being established to shape the future of Welsh food
- Industry champion appointed to lead stakeholder engagement
First Minister of Wales’ statement on the appointment of Andy Burnham as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The First Minister of Wales, Rhun ap Iorwerth said:
£17m Welsh Government boost for home energy upgrades
- Welsh families to benefit from whole-home energy upgrades
- Monthly energy costs cut by up to 50 per cent for some residents
- Part of the Welsh Government's commitment to healthier homes
Welsh farmers to receive over £1 billion in multi-year funding certainty
- £340 million per year guaranteed for three years to March 2030 to support the Sustainable Farming Scheme
- Funding commitment delivered within first 100 days of the new Government
Transforming culture in communities – millions to modernise Welsh museums, libraries and archives
- Funding for 31 projects spanning the whole of Wales
- Cabinet Minister for Culture visits Newport Library ahead of major refurbishment
- “These are places where people connect with our culture and history.”
£10 weekly child payment moves a step closer
- Expert group meet for first time to design a pilot providing £10 a week to up to 15,000 children in Universal Credit households.
- Members will help design and test the scheme to make sure it works well for families and makes a real difference to children's lives.
- Establishing the expert group delivers a key first 100 days commitment.
New Cardiff depot facility speeds up train repairs and servicing
- Passengers across South Wales will benefit from more reliable services following a £12m investment at Cardiff's Canton rail depot
- A new bogie drop allows engineers to service and repair trains faster, on-site, reducing time trains are out of service
- The facility will maintain and service Transport for Wales’s fleet of new trains.
‘Women’s voices should be heard and pain should never be ignored’, vows Wales’s first Women’s Health Minister
- Women's health summit tackles pain and patient voice in NHS Wales
- Clinicians, researchers and women with lived experience come together to drive change
- New framework to ensure women's voices shape Women’s Health Plan