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Welsh Government leaders unveil plans to expand funded childcare across Wales
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (518+ words) The First Minister and the Deputy First Minister of Wales have visited an integrated children's centre today, highlighting the Welsh Government's ambition to expand funded childcare for children across Wales. Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sioned Williams met staff, children and…...
Council faces backlash after "misleading" day centre relocation claims
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1121+ words) Alec Doyle, Local Democracy Reporter A council's scrutiny committee has accused officers of misleading it over plans to turn a resource centre into a day centre for adults with additional needs. Following an outcry from local members and the community…...
2026 Senedd Election: What are the parties saying about taxation?
2+ week, 8+ hour ago (960+ words) Ella Groves, ICNN Senedd Reporter Taxation has played a key part in this Senedd election campaign " with the main parties taking differing stances on the topic. Tax in Wales is partially devolved " meaning that the Senedd and Westminster each control…...
Senedd election 2026: What are the major parties saying about education and childcare?
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (1250+ words) Ella Groves, ICNN Senedd Reporter With soaring childcare prices and increasing reports of children falling behind in Welsh schools, it is no surprise that education and childcare have been at the heart of the 2026 election. In August 2025, the BBC shared…...
Nurseries body hits back at Reform candidate over claim childcare abuse would "skyrocket" if more women work
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (600+ words) The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has hit back at claims by a Reform UK Senedd candidate that abuse in Welsh nurseries would "skyrocket" if more women returned to work rather than staying at home to care for their children....
Families have been let down by Labour on childcare
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1081+ words) Sioned Williams, Lead Plaid Cymru candidate for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd It is staggering just how far Labour has allowed Wales to fall behind when it comes to childcare investment. A Labour Welsh Government allowed itself by overtaken by the Tories,…...
Wales must put safeguarding children at the heart of'next'government'
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (581+ words) Cecile Gwilym " Policy & Public Affairs Manager, NSPCC Cymru" Yet NSPCC"Cymru"polling paints a picture of a nation concerned about our ability to protect"children and"is"urgently calling for political action. A You Gov survey of more than 1, 000 adults…...
Wales becomes the first UK nation to remove profit from children's homes, fostering, and secure accommodation
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (304+ words) In less than a month, new providers of children's homes, fostering services and secure accommodation will no longer be able to make a profit in Wales " making it the first nation in the UK to take this landmark step. Currently,…...
City becomes third local authority in Wales to offer free childcare to all two year olds
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (394+ words) Newport has become the third local authority in Wales to offer free childcare to all two-year-olds as Flying Start celebrates 20 years of supporting families and children. From April, all parents and carers of children aged two in Newport will be…...
Councillors back action plan to tackle childcare decline
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (883+ words) Alec Doyle, Local Democracy Reporter Childcare options for working parents in a north Wales county are falling as a result of underfunding and an increased training burden, according the council's Children's Services Team. The latest Childcare Sufficiency Assessment report and…...