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First Minister meets cyclists to discuss £60m investment in Active Travel

Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has today officially named a new fisheries protection vessel after former First Minister, Rhodri Morgan.

A multi-million-pound initiative to use underground mine-water to warm homes has been awarded £6.5m EU funds, Lesley Griffiths announced.

New proposals to increase transparency in the social care sector so that people can make informed decisions about the care they, or their loved ones, receive have been announced.

The release of the data comes ahead of the Organ Donation campaign Week which runs from the 5th September until the 10th September.

Plans to deliver a seamless health and social care system, which supports people to live healthy and independent lives, will receive a £180m funding boost next year.

Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, has announced £1.7m funding for a Cwmtawe project to develop new models of health and social care.

A North Wales project to develop seamless health and social care services for people with learning disabilities is the latest to receive funding

Wales is the first country in the UK to introduce a nationwide ban on the intimate piercing of under 18s.

In Wales 60 % of the adult population and 27% of four and five year olds are overweight.

The independent review panel interim report on Health and Social Care in Wales today describes the case for change as “compelling”.

Local Government Secretary Mark Drakeford has set out a new way forward for local government in Wales.

The Welsh Government has unveiled new guidance for regulated childcare settings to help them ensure they provide the children they care for with healthy food and drink.

On the 10th anniversary of Wales’ flagship smoking ban the Public Health Minister, Rebecca Evans, has heralded it as a great public health success.

As part of the draft Budget, the Finance Secretary announced a shortlist of four new tax ideas – a disposable plastic tax; a levy to support social care; a vacant land tax and a tourism tax.  

Finance Ministers from the 3 devolved administrations have written to Chancellor George Osborne seeking an urgent meeting

Peter Brett Associates, in partnership with Beaufort Research and Loxley Consultancy has undertaken a final evaluation of the Valleys Rail Strengthening (VRS) Project.

Economy Secretary, Ken Skates has been visiting businesses and construction projects in the Rhymney Valley and seeking views on the challenges and opportunities facing the region.

Economy Secretary, Ken Skates has reiterated his commitment to building a more effective network of bus services for Wales.

Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language