The Latest Breaking News from Welsh Government

All the financial support you can get in Wales if you're struggling to pay the bills

Everyone qualifies for £400 but some can get as much as £2,000

Wales Online · May 27, 2022

Covid cases fall across most of UK but one nation sees rise

Total infections have now fallen by 78% since the peak of the recent Omicron BA.2 wave in late March, when a record 4.9 million were estimated to have Covid-19

Wales Online · May 27, 2022

Mark Drakeford outlines Wales' Covid plan for the long-term as all restrictions end

Wales' First Minister spoke about vaccination, testing and restrictions as the cycle of Covid reviews comes to an end

Wales Online · May 27, 2022

Plan for huge fence next to Welsh road likened to Berlin Wall

The proposed 9m-high air quality barriers, which would have been described as 'barmy'

Wales Online · May 25, 2022

Welsh Government push on with tax hike for holiday homes not let out at least half the year

Finance minister Rebecca Evans confirmed the move despite hostility from many in the sector and warning it will cost 'jobs and livelihoods'

Birmingham Post · May 24, 2022

Crackdown on second homes in Wales will begin next April

The changes are about when a property can qualify for council tax relief

Wales Online · May 24, 2022

Speed cameras installed along M4 more than a year ago still not switched on

An independent commission recommended the speed limits along the M4 more than two years ago but there are delays due to IT issues

Wales Online · May 24, 2022

Independent review into flooding in Wales welcomed in Rhondda Cynon Taf

The review will be led by Elwen Evans QC and is part of the co-operation agreement between the Labour Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru

Wales Online · May 24, 2022

Refugee 'humiliated' when he tried to use free rail travel and told it 'wasn't for him'

Raman, who "walked 35 days straight" to reach the UK, said a Transport for Wales worker inspected his Home Office documentation and told him he wasn't entitled to a free rail travel for refugees scheme

Daily Mirror · May 24, 2022

Mark Drakeford defends spending £4.25m on a farm for Green Man Festival

Questions about the purchase of Gileston Farm in the Brecon Beacons were raised in the Senedd

Wales Online · May 24, 2022