Education provision in Wales improved last year, but more must be done to raise the achievement of pupils from poor backgrounds, the schools inspectorate has said
All public service providers in Wales could be required to treat the Welsh and English languages equally under plans to draw down powers over the Welsh language from Westminster
The Welsh Ambulance Service is introducing more overtime shifts and streamlined admissions to accident and emergency departments after its emergency call response times fell for the third month...
Wales received only the ‘crumbs off the table’ when the National Assembly was established in 1998, according to the mandarin advising on extending devolution in the principality
Wales received only the ‘crumbs off the table’ when the National Assembly was established in 1998, according to the mandarin advising on extending devolution in the principality
The timetable for the creation of new local health boards in Wales will create a ‘nightmare’ for NHS finance staff, the head of strategic direction at the Welsh Assembly Government has...
One of the largest offshore wind farms in the world is to be built off the coast of north Wales. The 250-turbine Gwynt y Môr wind farm has been approved by the Department for Energy and Climate...
As the global financial crisis deepens, public sector pension schemes are facing a double whammy. Not only are they suffering from falling share values, but there are increasing calls for their '...
Is time up for Sats? The summer marking fiasco left the government embarrassed, and parents, teachers and pupils fuming. But, argues Conor Ryan, the controversial tests have raised standards and...
Child poverty campaigners have urged the government to invest £3bn in tax credits and benefits after figures showed 174 constituencies in Britain had 50% or more children living in, or on the brink...
The Welsh Assembly Government failed to monitor the risk that the Wales Millennium Centre would not break even after opening, despite warnings from independent advisers, the Wales Audit Office has...
Northern Ireland is to follow Scotland and Wales in abolishing prescription charges. Health Minister Michael McGimpsey said that the cost would be reduced to £3 from January 2009 and abolished by...
Young people under the age of 26 are to be offered free theatre tickets as part of a £2.5m government-funded scheme, it was announced on September 23. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said...
A fivefold rise in the number of ten-14-year-olds being locked up in England and Wales in the past decade is the result of an 'expensive and ineffective' criminal justice strategy, says children's...
