Photo: The empty testing site on Jim Driscoll Way, Cardiff, courtesy of Owain Hanmer
Scores of people with symptoms of Coronavirus were left in the cold today after a testing unit left early, even though they had an appointment.
When people turned up for the afternoon Covid testing slots, which…
Anti-poverty campaigners are putting pressure on Welsh Labour and Tory MS’s to back a motion in the Senedd this week that they say would ensure all children in poverty in Wales get a free school meal.
People’s Assembly Wales, who are co-ordinating the campaign alongside anti-poverty groups and trade unions,…
By James Erasmus Sutton
Demands for schools to close early ahead of the Christmas break have increased the pressure on Welsh Government as the Coronavirus pandemic once again spirals out of control. In a bid to ensure safety and fairness for pupils and education workers across Wales, unions are calling…
A campaign has been launched demanding Welsh Government provides nutritious, free school meals for every state school pupil in Wales.
Inspired by Finland, which has had universal free school meals since 1948, it is currently trying to get 10,000 people to sign a Senedd petition by June 2021 and will…
By Craig Muncey, Penydarren Park, Photo via Merthyr Town FC Facebook Page
The high profile purchase of Wrexham football club by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney has caught the world’s attention. Underneath the headlines, however, is another story about the fate of Welsh football in the pandemic, and how so…
Homelessness could rise if the poorest are made to pay the economic cost of the pandemic. Picture, SC Cook
The Welsh Labour Government is not using tax raising powers it acquired last year, which would allow it to increase taxes on the most wealthy in society.
In April 2019, Welsh…
“This Is War Between Government & Its Citizens” Poles in Wales Build Solidarity for Women’s Movement
On Wednesday 11th November in Cardiff, at 6.30pm outside City Hall, protesters will take to the streets in solidarity with the women’s movement in Poland that has taken the country by storm since the end of October.
Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets against a major attack on…
The Labour MP for Cynon Valley, Beth Winter, has put her name to a statement demanding that the party withdraw the suspension of former leader Jeremy Corbyn and reinstate him immediately. But she is one of the few and possibly only senior politicians in Welsh Labour to make the demand, highlighting…
JEFF BEZOS, MARK ZUCKERBERG & ELON MUSK MAKE $163BN IN JUST FIVE MONTHS
AT THE SAME TIME, GLOBAL ECONOMY IS CONTRACTING AND WORKING PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO PAY THE PRICE, WITH MORE THAN 1 IN 5 CHILDREN IN WALES LIVING IN POVERTY.
As many people are plunged into joblessness and…
The union representing rail workers in Wales has said that Welsh Government is unable to permanently nationalise the country’s rail network due to UK law.
In a statement released on Wednesday, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union welcomed the Welsh Government’s decision to take Transport for Wales rail services into…