Senedd this week: Assembly pays tribute to Steffan Lewis
AMs will pay tribute to Steffan Lewis from 12:45pm on Tuesday, after the South Wales East AM passed away last week. Tribute to Steffan Lewis Assembly members will pay tribute to their colleague Steffan Lewis from 12:45pm on Tuesday afternoon ahead of plenary business. Mr Lewis, who served as a regional member for South […]
Senedd this week: Drakeford’s first FMQs, Brexit latest, and paying for social care
The Assembly returns from the Christmas recess with a new First Minister and Welsh Government cabinet. Here’s what’s coming up in the first week of 2019. Mark Drakeford makes his FMQs debut For the first time since 2009, a First Minister who isn’t Carwyn Jones will answer Assembly Members’ questions at FMQs. Mark Drakeford, […]
Welsh Politics: What’s in store for 2019?
Joe Atkinson takes a look at talking points that will dominate the Senedd in 2019. 2018 was perhaps the most tumultuous year in British politics for decades. From the ongoing deadlock in parliament over Theresa May’s Brexit deal to four leadership elections in the National Assembly for Wales, it was a year of conflict and […]
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Our free daily business update includes the latest from the Welsh Government and all upcoming Assembly plenary debates and committee meetings. If you work in Welsh public affairs or are just interested in what’s happening at the National Assembly for Wales, Newsdirect has got you covered. We’re a specialist political monitoring agency operating in Cardiff, […]
A postcard from Yerevan
Director Valerie Livingston swapped the National Assembly of Wales for the National Assembly of Armenia last week when she travelled to Yerevan for four days to work with officials from Armenia and the Parliament of Georgia. Did you know that Cher is Armenian? That the world’s oldest shoe was discovered in Armenia? That the capital […]
Senedd this week: Focus on culture, endoscopy, road and rail
A focus on the arts Arts and culture will take a front seat this week as AMs debate proposals for a national contemporary art gallery and a national sports museum on Tuesday. There are currently seven national museums across Wales, and these proposals have been backed by feasibility studies commissioned by the Welsh Government. On […]
Education Policy: The latest from Wales
Our education specialist Joe Atkinson takes a look at the state of play in Wales. As Carwyn Jones fast approaches the end of his nine-year tenure at the top of Welsh politics he may see education as a missed opportunity. Wales was the worst-performing UK country in the most recently Pisa results published in 2016, […]
AM to bring forward Older People’s Rights Bill
Rhys Jackson takes a look at Darren Millar’s proposed Older People’s Rights Bill, which won the ballot for consideration this week. Presiding Officer Elin Jones announced the results of a ballot to decide the next Members’ Bill this week. Darren Millar AM’s proposal for an Older People’s Rights Bill was chosen, meaning he can now […]
Senedd this week: Remembrance, focus on human rights, and budget scrutiny
Joe Atkinson looks ahead to some of the issues that will be debated in the National Assembly for Wales this week. Focus on equality and human rights On Tuesday, AMs will debate the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Wales Committee’s Annual Review for 2017-18. The review found evidence that poverty in Wales is deepening and […]
Transport Policy: The latest from Wales
Our economy specialist Robyn Evans looks at the latest discussion on transport policy in the Assembly.
