Kirsty Williams sets out new Welsh approach for teachers’ pay and conditions
The Welsh Government will take responsibility for this area at the end of September, with teachers’ pay and conditions being set by the Welsh Government from September 2019.
After an eight week consultation, the Education Secretary today confirmed that the model would see teachers unions, employers and the Welsh Government coming...Read More »
Minister sees how £300k Welsh Government funding is helping Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru to protect Welsh Language
As the only standard historical dictionary of the Welsh language, the Geiriadur is the definitive record of Welsh vocabulary and therefore forms the basis for other dictionaries, thesauruses, terminology lists and reference works.
Work on compiling the dictionary began in 1921, and it is updated several times a year based on...Read More »
St Athan Airfield: Maximising the Economic Benefits
A 10 year contractual joint venture between Welsh Government and Cardiff International Airport Ltd (CIAL) will drive efficiencies and integrated service provision.
Under the plans the business park, combined with the airfield activity, will generate significant economic benefits to Wales amounting to around £236m and approximately 2000 jobs, which includes the...Read More »
Next steps to strengthen local government announced
In March he published ‘Strengthening Local Government – Delivering for People’ – our Green Paper consultation aimed at invigorating the debate on the future of local government in Wales.
The Green Paper set out a vision for stronger, more empowered councils which can provide bold, determined and focused local leadership. The...Read More »
Brexit means it is time to come up with a new way of funding the nations of the UK – Mark Drakeford
He will also call on the UK government to make good the promise made during the referendum that Wales will not lose out on funding as he launches the Welsh Government’s latest Brexit policy paper setting out proposals to design a new funding system to guarantee fair and continuing investment...Read More »