Sir Peter Hendy calls for extra funding by UK Government for 'strategic transport links' Union Connectivity Review author also defends expensive investigation of fixed link to Northern Ireland Insider UK · Jan 25, 2022
£31 million of UK Government funding for floating wind tech Projects based in Scotland will each receive up to £10m for offshore wind research Insider UK · Jan 25, 2022
UK Government announces clampdown on misleading cryptocurrency adverts to protect more people Around 2.3 million people in the UK are thought to own cryptoassets. Daily Record · Jan 24, 2022
Airline bosses call for 'devastating' Covid travel restrictions to be lifted In a letter to the UK Government, they are asking for restriction-free travel to be restored “at the very least” for those who are fully vaccinated Wales Online · Jan 24, 2022
Tui, Ryanair, easyjet, BA, Virgin Atlantic and Jet2 issue update on travel restrictions The UK Government was already due to review travel requirements for England next week Liverpool Echo · Jan 24, 2022
UK Covid cases rise by 74,799 in past 24 hours ahead of Plan B being scrapped Last Sunday, the UK Government reported 70,924 daily Covid infections in the 24 hours prior as another 88 people died from the virus Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2022
Covid tests for holidaymakers arriving in UK could be 'scrapped as early as next week' It has been reported that the day two test could be axed under plans being considered by the UK Government. Daily Record · Jan 23, 2022
Carolyn Hitt: Wales needs to celebrate St David's Day with a bank holiday Our columnist suggests that if the UK Government continue to refuse 'maybe it’s time to take our cue from Boris Johnson’s own playbook' Wales Online · Jan 22, 2022
UK Government needs to let Scots councils help our refugees now Record View says the fact Afghan evacuees are still being warehoused in hotels is absurd and the blame lies firmly at the door of the useless UK Government. Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022
Dozens of Scots properties earmarked for Afghan evacuees lying empty Hundreds of desperate Afghan families have spent months in cramped hotel rooms because of a Home Office failure to match them with designated housing. Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022
'Swinging cuts are inevitable' The future of S4C and BBC Radio Cymru as licence fee frozen UK culture secretary Nadine Dorries said that she recognised that S4C had a "unique critical role" in promoting the Welsh language Wales Online · Jan 20, 2022
The major changes deemed necessary if the UK union is to survive A House of Lords committee has published a report into devolution and it warns radical changes are needed Wales Online · Jan 20, 2022
Tax rises ‘inevitable’ unless council funding goes up The Scottish Government has been accused of cutting £371 million in real terms from council budgets. The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2022
Schools in England 'must reform how children are taught to read' Open letter calls on the UK Government to change policy on reading Wales Online · Jan 19, 2022
Wales Online · Jan 18, 2022 MPs debate future of Wales' union with England - five things we learned All MPs were welcomed to attend the Welsh Grand Committee
Birmingham Post · Jan 18, 2022 Welsh Government £120m funding for firms impacted by Omicron trading restrictions goes live Economy Minister Vaughan Gething called on the UK Government to firm up plans for the Shared Prosperity Fund
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022 Emergency fund open for businesses hit by restrictions in Wales Vaughan Gething announced the opening of the application process for the Economic Resilience Fund.
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2022 Welsh council seeks bank holiday for St David’s Day despite Westminster veto Gwynedd Council asked the UK Government to recognise March 1 as a bank holiday but the idea was rejected.
Wales Online · Jan 18, 2022 Will you have to pay for lateral flow tests? What the UK and Welsh Governments are saying Universal free lateral flows will end 'as the UK government's response to the virus changes'
Daily Record · Jan 18, 2022 Universal Credit warning to people missing out on benefits worth nearly £3,000 on average Estimates based on UK Government figures found at least £15billion of unclaimed benefits last year.
Wales Online · Jan 18, 2022 Welsh-language broadcaster S4C to get extra £7.5m from the UK Government The new five-year agreement for S4C will see, from its next financial year starting in April, all its funding entirely sliced from the BBC’s annual £3.7bn licence fee
Glasgow Live · Jan 17, 2022 BBC TV licence to be frozen at £159 for next two years, UK Government announces The TV licence fee is set to be frozen after a debate was had on the future of the fee. Arguments were made in support of a subscription like service as models such as Netflix.
Birmingham Post · Jan 17, 2022 Welsh language S4C channel gets improved funding deal from the UK Government Its funding from April will be solely financed from the BBC licence fee with £7.5m ringfenced to supports its digital offer
Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2022 Covid daily figures: 84,429 new infections and 85 deaths recorded on Monday A further 84,429 new cases of Covid have been recorded along with 85 deaths in the UK Government’s latest daily figures.