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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · David Deans

    Wales' future in UK not for Kremlin to exploit, says first minister (opens the original)

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    Wales' constitutional future within the UK is for its people and not the Kremlin to endorse or exploit, the first minister has said. Rhun ap Iorwerth, who attended a pro-independence march at the weekend, distanced himself from reported remarks by the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, who questioned whether the UK has a future. Welsh Conservative Senedd leader Darren Millar said Lavrov's comments showed the "folly" of focusing on "constitutional navel gazing". Speaking in the Senedd on Tue

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · David Deans

    Mark Drakeford says Labour made mistakes in failed mini-budget talks (opens the original)

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    Former First Minister Mark Drakeford says his Labour party colleagues made mistakes in how they handled negotiations over Plaid Cymru's summer mini-budget. Plaid failed in the summer to get Labour or any other opposition party to support changes to its spending plans. Drakeford said his party "did well" to secure more cash for children with additional learning needs, and suggested there was a case to be made to take the money. Speaking at Labour's conference in Liverpool, Welsh Labour leader Ken

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · David Deans

    Flying Start brand to be ditched for two-year-old childcare in Wales (opens the original)

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    The Welsh government has asked councils to rebrand the childcare they provide for two-year-olds, dropping the name Flying Start. In the guidance, ministers told local authorities to start using the term "Welsh government-funded childcare". However, Flying Start's other services - such as its health visiting provision - will remain with the same name, according to the guidance. The scheme was a flagship policy under the previous Labour-run administration. Labour has said cutting it would be a red

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · David Deans

    Senedd presiding officer accuses Reform MS Joe Martin of offensive comments (opens the original)

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    The Senedd's presiding officer has accused a Reform MS of making offensive remarks in a debate about the crisis-hit Welsh Gender Service (WGS). Joe Martin said the service should be shut down and the "butchers" and "liars" responsible for surgery on children should be jailed. The WGS, external provides services to adults aged 18 and over identifying as transgender - Martin did not specify the cases he was referring to. Surgery referrals from the service are paused pending a review. Presiding off

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · David Deans

    Welsh Gender Service cancelled 60 surgeries this year - minister (opens the original)

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    About 60 surgeries via the Welsh Gender Service (WGS) were cancelled for this year after NHS officials paused referrals in August, Wales' health minister has revealed. It is the first time figures have been given for the number of people affected by the decision to pause referrals over concerns that patients who identify as transgender had been "appropriately assessed". In a Senedd debate, Welsh Green leader Anthony Slaughter said patients were facing "unbearable limbo". Reform's Cristiana Emsle

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