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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
£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
£20m funding boost to speed up social homes delivery in Wales
- Extra £20 million allocated to increase social housing supply across Wales
- Funding will help move people out of unfit temporary accommodation into quality homes
- Investment contributes to the Welsh Government's target of 20,000 new social homes
Automatic Voter Registration to be introduced across Wales
- Regulations have been laid to allow for the roll out of Automatic Voter Registration across Wales ahead of the 2027 Local Government elections.
- An independent evaluation by the Electoral Commission confirmed the success of pilot programmes in Carmarthenshire, Gwynedd, Newport and Powys.
Welsh Government consults on safer homes for residents
- Leaseholders in Wales set to be protected from unfair remediation costs
- New system proposed for tribunal-based remediation orders in residential buildings
- Consultation follows unanimous Senedd passage of the Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026