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Former Labour leader Lord Neil Kinnock has launched a scathing attack on Reform UK, accusing it of exploiting long-standing grievances in Welsh communities while offering no credible solutions.

Dismissing its claim to represent abandoned working-class voters, he said Reform trades on resentment rather than real answers.

Former Secretary of State for Wales Lord Peter Hain has warned that the rise of Reform in Wales reflects deep structural changes in Welsh communities and fears it could lead to a shock result at the next Senedd election.

Lord Hain, who served as Welsh Secretary of State from 2002 to 2008 and as MP for Neath from 1991 to 2015  believes that the same political forces that drove the 2016 Brexit vote in Wales are now feeding Reform’s rise in Wales.

The UK Government has been urged to take measures to assess the impact of rising fuel costs on households and businesses across Wales, particularly in rural areas where many homes are not connected to mains gas.

During an economic statement, Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake called on the government to offer payments to support off-grid households, similar to measures introduced after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

David Chadwick, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe, has pressed Chancellor Rachel Reeves in Parliament to provide urgent support for households reliant on heating oil, citing rising global energy prices and the impact of international conflicts.

He said: “Last night I asked the Chancellor to act urgently to protect households reliant on heating oil as the war in the Middle East begins to impact global energy markets,”

The First Minister, Eluned Morgan, has confirmed that the Welsh Government is fully cooperating with police following arrests linked to suspected Chinese espionage.

During First Minister’s Questions in the Senedd on Tuesday, Ms Morgan said national security will always be a priority and pledged that the government will provide any support requested by law enforcement and security services.re

Rhun ap Iorwerth has accused Keir Starmer of risking deeper UK involvement in the Middle East without proper democratic consent, warning that the escalating crisis will leave many people in Wales “extremely worried”.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Institute for Government in London on Monday, Mr ap Iorwerth said the Prime Minister must not allow Britain to become entangled in military action without the backing of Parliament. His intervention comes as tensions involving Israel, Iran and the United States threaten to spiral into a wider regional conflict.

Welsh broadcaster and campaigner Carol Vorderman has said would consider entering politics.

Speaking during an appearance on ITV’s Good Morning Britain this week, the Prestatyn-born presenter was asked whether she would ever consider standing  as a politician. She said: “I’m asked so many times. I always said no, I wouldn’t say no now. I’d be an independent.”

The Welsh Conservatives have launched a scathing attack on the Welsh Government’s economic record, accusing Labour and Plaid Cymru of presiding over a “broken” economy.

Ahead of a Senedd debate on tax cuts and business support measures this week,  the Tories say after almost three decades of Labour-led government in Cardiff Bay, Wales is lagging behind the rest of the UK.

Plans to close a primary school devastated by fire three years ago have been approved, despite a campaign by parents calling for the building to be rebuilt, as had previously been agreed by the local authority.

At a meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council on March 5, councillors voted 29 in favour, 20 against, with three abstentions, allowing the authority’s Director of Education to proceed with the next stage of the closure process.

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Welsh farming businesses will be able to access affordable finance to modernise operations and reduce carbon emissions under a new loan scheme announced by the Welsh Government.

The Sustainable Agriculture Loan Scheme (SALS), which will be delivered by the Development Bank of Wales, is expected to launch later this year.

Welsh viewers are paying the same television licence fee as the rest of the UK but are receiving less investment and representation from broadcasters, a Senedd committee has warned.

In a report on public service broadcasting, the Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee said the supply of media content about Wales remains “inadequate”, raising concerns that Welsh audiences are being short-changed despite contributing equally to the licence fee that funds the BBC.

DA new report has confirmed that a health board under reported its hospital waiting list over several months due to a coding error.

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A county council faced a tense and closely watched meeting as councillors debated the future of three local schools.

Pembrokeshire County Council has long been in discussion about the potential closures of Manorbier, Stepaside, and Ysgol Clydau.

Description goes hCouncil plans to close a primary school have sparked concerns about the impact on children from the local gypsy and traveller community.

Stepaside School currently has around 116 pupils, according to the latest Estyn inspection report in 2024, which also notes that around 30% of pupils come from the local gypsy traveller community – up from 19% in 2016.ere

National Resources Wales (NRW) has been criticised as a petition which complained of shocking levels of pollution in the River Cleddau was debated.

At a council meeting today (5 March) Pembrokeshire County Councillors voted unanimously to back the Save the Cleddau petition and agreed that concerns about the river should be explored by the council’s scrutiny committee.

People living in Buckley have complained about empty shops, no bank, poor accessibility for disabled people, overdevelopment, deteriorating roads and the loss of historic buildings.

They want to know why Buckley appears to lag behind neighbouring towns such as Mold and Connah’s Quay – two neighbouring towns with banks, thriving shops and street markets.