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£1.9m to address food poverty in Welsh communities
Over £1.9m of funding is being awarded to organisations across Wales to help tackle food poverty and addressing food insecurity within local communities.
Rates relief extended for childcare providers until 2025
Registered child care premises in Wales will benefit from 100% non-domestic rates relief for an additional three years, the Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has announced.
Wales’s new Chief Nursing Officer takes up post
Sue Tranka today takes up the post of Wales’s Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), bringing with her almost 30 years of nursing experience.
Support for EU citizens until end of 2021
EU citizens in Wales will still be able to access free and confidential support for their EU Settlement Scheme applications until 31 December 2021, the Welsh Government have confirmed.
‘More must be done to tackle substance misuse despite fall in drug deaths’, vows Mental Health Minister
‘We must build on our positive work supporting those who have been struggling with substance misuse and should be heartened that drug deaths in Wales have fallen to record low levels,’ Deputy Minister for Mental Health Lynne Neagle has vowed.
Devolved administrations call for reversal of UK Government’s £20 Universal Credit cut
A letter from the UK’s three devolved Governments has been sent to the UK Government’s Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions, Thérèse Coffey, expressing “grave concerns” regarding plans to withdraw a £20-per-week increase to Universal Credit.
Fresh start to new term with investment to help improve air quality in schools, colleges and universities
- CO2 sensors to monitor air quality in classrooms and lecture halls
- New ozone disinfecting machines to speed up cleaning if clusters of Covid-19 infection are identified
- Supported by £5.9m of Welsh Government funding, as part of measures to help reduce the spread of Covid-19
‘Diolch’ - Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, thanks tourism and hospitality industry, staff and visitors ahead of the bank holiday weekend
With the last summer bank holiday and end of school holidays approaching, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething has thanked everyone for their efforts in keeping Wales safe over the summer.
£2.5m funding boost to back businesses in the everyday local economy
The Welsh Government is providing a further £2.5 million for projects which support the everyday economy, improving services and bringing better jobs, closer to home. The new funding will support innovative projects to help improve recruitment into social care and boost local Welsh NHS spending.
No changes to Covid rules in Wales
First Minister Mark Drakeford is urging people in Wales to get vaccinated and keep taking familiar steps to help address rising coronavirus cases.
Welsh Government further extends measures to protect businesses from eviction
Businesses affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will now be protected from eviction until 25 March, 2022, Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has announced.
£7.2m of PPE equipment sent from Wales to Namibia
Wales is giving PPE to Namibia to help the global fight against COVID-19.