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Healthcare to get boost in Welsh Government budget to tackle NHS waiting lists

An extra £1.5 billion is being put into public service, as part of the Welsh Government’s proposed £26 billion budget for 2025-26.

The Independent UK

Overnight visitors to Wales could pay ‘tourism tax’ under Welsh Government plans

The Welsh Government estimated that the levy could generate up to £33 million a year if all Welsh local authorities introduce it.

Evening Standard

Wales may introduce visitor levy for people staying overnight

Proposal would give councils option to charge 75p-£1.25 a night to help alleviate pressure on local services

The Guardian - UK

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How Vaughan Gething’s short period as first minister fell apart – and what it means for Welsh Labour

Vaughan Gething’s short but tumultuous period as first minister of Wales was brought to a dramatic end following the resignation of four key ministers from his cabinet.

The Conversation

Vaughan Gething’s exit gives Welsh Labour a chance to reset

Controversies overshadowed first minister’s brief time at helm but some fear party’s woes in Wales run deeper than one man

The Guardian - UK

First black leader of any European country: Vaughan Gething’s political career

Departing Welsh first minister joined Labour at 17 and was elected to the then Welsh assembly in 2011

The Guardian - UK

Vaughan Gething’s leadership crisis is a disaster – for Wales, for Labour and maybe even for devolution

The first minister’s supporters insist that he can survive a no-confidence vote, but his position is surely untenable, says Cardiff University’s Richard Wyn Jones

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OPINION - Vaughan Gething's scandals would have him on the rack if he was a Tory like me

Imagine there’s been a leadership election…(not hard, I know).

Evening Standard

Wales to change guidance on 20mph speed limits, transport minister says

Ken Skates says local communities will decide which limits are rescinded after 500,000 people sign petition against them

The Guardian - UK

Wales to roll back 20mph speed limit on some roads after backlash

Ken Skates said in many areas ‘routes that shouldn’t have been included, were’.

Evening Standard

Who is Vaughan Gething, the new Welsh Labour leader?

The first Black leader of a European nation has made history more than once during a rocky political career to date

The Guardian - UK

Vaughan Gething to become Welsh first minister after Labour leadership win

Gething, 50, will become the first Black leader of a European country when he is confirmed as first minister next week

The Guardian - UK

Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles to make history as Welsh Labour’s new leader

Outcome of election paves way for first black head of a European country or the UK’s most senior gay leader

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson ‘largely absent’ early in Covid crisis, Welsh leader tells inquiry

Mark Drakeford criticises UK ministers and says there is ‘plausible case’ that Welsh government should have acted sooner

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The Guardian - UK

Why are farmers protesting against Welsh government’s rural policies?

Anger over sustainable farming scheme has triggered a wave of protests across the country

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland will leave the union, and Scotland could too. True devolution is the only way to save it

Yes, there are leadership crises everywhere, but make no mistake: the UK’s future rests on devolving more powers, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

‘People should feel they belong’: Jeremy Miles reveals inclusive vision for Wales

Welsh Labour leadership contender says his sexuality made him feel on the outside and Thatcher’s attack on the miners led to his political awakening

The Guardian - UK

No minutes kept of Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘gold command’ meetings, Covid inquiry told

Scotland’s former first minister excluded finance secretary from meetings in 2020, inquiry also hears

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The Guardian - UK

Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England

The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Drivers caught in 20mph zone won’t have to pay if they are ‘genuinely confused’

Wales is the first country in the UK to drop the default speed limit from 30mph to 20mph

The Guardian - UK

Can an app decide if a language lives or dies? Not if Welsh speakers have anything to do with it

Duolingo is ‘pausing’ its Welsh course despite high demand – we need robust forms of learning that aren’t driven by profit, says writer and documentary-maker Gwenno Robinson

The Guardian - UK

Mark Drakeford: ‘I hope people will see we did challenging and radical things’

Outgoing Welsh first minister reflects on his achievements before stepping down in spring

Evening Standard

Outgoing Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford slams House of Lords: 'I don't want to become a peer'

The Welsh Labour leader criticised the unelected Upper House of Parliament as a 'democratic anachronism'

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Miles enters race to succeed Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister

The education minister joins Vaughan Gething, the economy minister, in contest

The Guardian - UK

Vaughan Gething: Labour’s resilient optimist – and Wales’s next first minister?

The Welsh minister for the economy is making the early running in the leadership contest, looking well placed to work closely with both Starmer and unions

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