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• 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.”

• 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.

• 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 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

• A national skills audit and Future Skills Summit are underway to identify workforce needs and shape a new skills strategy for Wales.
• A review of higher education will be launched alongside commitments to address pressures on further education colleges and school sixth forms,
• Key priorities also include expanding Welsh-medium and bilingual provision across the tertiary system and reforming the Seren network.

• For the first time since devolution, Wales has a Minister with specific responsibility for preventative health
• New cross-government governance arrangements will embed prevention and health across Welsh Government decision-making and spending
• Early actions include rolling out physical activity programmes across primary schools, tackling vaping amongst our children and young people, developing a national lung cancer screening programme, supporting people to access nutritious food and extending the vaccination programme ahead of the winter.

• Ten-year National Cancer Strategy being developed to transform how the disease is prevented, diagnosed and treated in Wales.
• Strategy will be shaped by a formal call for evidence from patients, carers, clinicians, charities and the public as well as working with international partners.
• Strategy to be published to coincide with World Cancer Day on 4 February 2027.

• Visitor numbers the highest for many years
• Conservation works ongoing, with trainee masons honing their craft
• £1 tickets for Universal Credit recipients to continue

The Cabinet Minister for Finance Elin Jones said:

• Deputy First Minister sets out the route and phasing for a funded childcare offer for all children aged nine months to four years.
• Local authorities expected to make huge strides towards extending the offer to all two-year-olds as a result of recent funding, setting the foundation for truly universal childcare.
• Twenty local authorities expecting to deliver to all two-year-olds by the end of 2026-27.  

The First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth will set out the first phase of the Welsh Government’s new legislative programme in a statement to the Senedd this afternoon. 

• Even small increases in physical activity in those who are not currently active can make a big difference to your health, Chief Medical Officers say.
• All activity counts, from walking and taking the stairs to sports.
• Everyone benefits no matter their fitness level, including those with long-term conditions.