Dawn Bowden
@dawnbowden.bsky.social
Welsh Labour & Co-op Member of the Senedd for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney and Welsh Government Minister for Children & Social Care.
Posting in personal capacity mainly about football (Bristol City and Merthyr Town), politics, cats and Italy!
Posting in personal capacity mainly about football (Bristol City and Merthyr Town), politics, cats and Italy!
This funding announcement by the Welsh Government, supported by extra funding from the UK Labour Government, is very welcome. Delivering on our promises to make communities safer.
Read more here: www.gov.wales/80m-fund-wor...
Read more here: www.gov.wales/80m-fund-wor...
January 16, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This funding announcement by the Welsh Government, supported by extra funding from the UK Labour Government, is very welcome. Delivering on our promises to make communities safer.
Read more here: www.gov.wales/80m-fund-wor...
Read more here: www.gov.wales/80m-fund-wor...
From hosting the Tour De France to the safety of local coal tips there have been some excellent announcements this week.
January 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM
From hosting the Tour De France to the safety of local coal tips there have been some excellent announcements this week.
While others talk, your Labour Governments are securing a future for Wales, harnessing Wales' offshore wind potential.
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
While others talk, your Labour Governments are securing a future for Wales, harnessing Wales' offshore wind potential.
🍽 No child should be trying to learn while hungry.
💊 Access to healthcare should be based on need, not income
❤️ Caring is skilled work that deserves respect and fair pay
The Welsh Labour Government delivered ⬇️
🏴 Free primary school meals
🏴 Free prescriptions
🏴 Real Living Wage for care workers
💊 Access to healthcare should be based on need, not income
❤️ Caring is skilled work that deserves respect and fair pay
The Welsh Labour Government delivered ⬇️
🏴 Free primary school meals
🏴 Free prescriptions
🏴 Real Living Wage for care workers
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
🍽 No child should be trying to learn while hungry.
💊 Access to healthcare should be based on need, not income
❤️ Caring is skilled work that deserves respect and fair pay
The Welsh Labour Government delivered ⬇️
🏴 Free primary school meals
🏴 Free prescriptions
🏴 Real Living Wage for care workers
💊 Access to healthcare should be based on need, not income
❤️ Caring is skilled work that deserves respect and fair pay
The Welsh Labour Government delivered ⬇️
🏴 Free primary school meals
🏴 Free prescriptions
🏴 Real Living Wage for care workers
🌹 On top of the budget already announced, the Welsh Labour Government has today announced an extra £20m to support repairs and maintenance at schools and colleges this year.
www.gov.wales/20-million-b...
www.gov.wales/20-million-b...
January 14, 2026 at 3:52 PM
🌹 On top of the budget already announced, the Welsh Labour Government has today announced an extra £20m to support repairs and maintenance at schools and colleges this year.
www.gov.wales/20-million-b...
www.gov.wales/20-million-b...
Each month, I publish a report which provides information on my work as MS for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney, and from across Welsh Government.
If you have any questions regarding this report, or any other aspect of my work, please contact Dawn.Bowden@senedd.wales.
Diolch!
If you have any questions regarding this report, or any other aspect of my work, please contact Dawn.Bowden@senedd.wales.
Diolch!
January 14, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Each month, I publish a report which provides information on my work as MS for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney, and from across Welsh Government.
If you have any questions regarding this report, or any other aspect of my work, please contact Dawn.Bowden@senedd.wales.
Diolch!
If you have any questions regarding this report, or any other aspect of my work, please contact Dawn.Bowden@senedd.wales.
Diolch!
🏠 Live in Merthyr Tydfil or the Upper Rhymney Valley?
👶 Expecting a baby?
🏴 Something new is coming for you!
All you need to know here ⬇️
www.gov.wales/baby-bundle
👶 Expecting a baby?
🏴 Something new is coming for you!
All you need to know here ⬇️
www.gov.wales/baby-bundle
January 14, 2026 at 3:46 PM
🏠 Live in Merthyr Tydfil or the Upper Rhymney Valley?
👶 Expecting a baby?
🏴 Something new is coming for you!
All you need to know here ⬇️
www.gov.wales/baby-bundle
👶 Expecting a baby?
🏴 Something new is coming for you!
All you need to know here ⬇️
www.gov.wales/baby-bundle
Such a positive session. Thank you for taking time to brief Cabinet Sec for Education, Lynne Neagle, and I today. Really appreciated your time and commitment.
Wonderful to be joined by @dawnbowden.bsky.social today for an introduction to the @stresswales.bsky.social Trauma-informed Wales TiPSS training. Thank you Minister for your support for this work, and for children who have experienced trauma and adversity in their lives both in and out of care.
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Such a positive session. Thank you for taking time to brief Cabinet Sec for Education, Lynne Neagle, and I today. Really appreciated your time and commitment.
Some of the Welsh Government announcements this week.
December 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Some of the Welsh Government announcements this week.
Reposted by Dawn Bowden
"For the first time, Reform voters are getting the chance to compare
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"For the first time, Reform voters are getting the chance to compare
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My office is now closed for the Christmas holiday. Calls and emails will not be answered in this time while my staff have a well deserved rest. The office will reopen at 9am on Monday 5th January 2026.
If you need emergency help during over the Christmas period please use the contact numbers below.
If you need emergency help during over the Christmas period please use the contact numbers below.
December 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My office is now closed for the Christmas holiday. Calls and emails will not be answered in this time while my staff have a well deserved rest. The office will reopen at 9am on Monday 5th January 2026.
If you need emergency help during over the Christmas period please use the contact numbers below.
If you need emergency help during over the Christmas period please use the contact numbers below.
A look at some of the main business in the @senedd.cymru this week.
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A look at some of the main business in the @senedd.cymru this week.
It’s been a long time coming, but the @Senedd Cymru has finally passed the Buses (Wales) Bill which will at last undo the disastrous 1980’s Thatcher policy of deregulation of buses, which replaced public service with private profit.
Your Welsh Labour Government leading the way again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Your Welsh Labour Government leading the way again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s been a long time coming, but the @Senedd Cymru has finally passed the Buses (Wales) Bill which will at last undo the disastrous 1980’s Thatcher policy of deregulation of buses, which replaced public service with private profit.
Your Welsh Labour Government leading the way again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Your Welsh Labour Government leading the way again 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A look at some of my Senedd and constituency activity this week.
December 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A look at some of my Senedd and constituency activity this week.
A look ahead at some of the business in the @senedd.wales this week.
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A look ahead at some of the business in the @senedd.wales this week.
Reposted by Dawn Bowden
UKIP, Brexit Party, Reform ...
They're all just Farage firms taking their voters for fools.
🔥 Brexit has failed.
🔥 Reform councils have failed.
🔥 Everything Farage touches fails.
Yet Farage and his Putin-pals keep earning millions from a grift that sows nothing but hate, division and lies
#VladsArmy
They're all just Farage firms taking their voters for fools.
🔥 Brexit has failed.
🔥 Reform councils have failed.
🔥 Everything Farage touches fails.
Yet Farage and his Putin-pals keep earning millions from a grift that sows nothing but hate, division and lies
#VladsArmy
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
UKIP, Brexit Party, Reform ...
They're all just Farage firms taking their voters for fools.
🔥 Brexit has failed.
🔥 Reform councils have failed.
🔥 Everything Farage touches fails.
Yet Farage and his Putin-pals keep earning millions from a grift that sows nothing but hate, division and lies
#VladsArmy
They're all just Farage firms taking their voters for fools.
🔥 Brexit has failed.
🔥 Reform councils have failed.
🔥 Everything Farage touches fails.
Yet Farage and his Putin-pals keep earning millions from a grift that sows nothing but hate, division and lies
#VladsArmy
Some of the announcements made by the Welsh Government this week.
The increase in funding through the UK Budget was good news for Wales.
The increase in funding through the UK Budget was good news for Wales.
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Some of the announcements made by the Welsh Government this week.
The increase in funding through the UK Budget was good news for Wales.
The increase in funding through the UK Budget was good news for Wales.
A look at some of my Senedd, Ministerial and constituency activities this week.
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A look at some of my Senedd, Ministerial and constituency activities this week.
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I was delighted to visit Merthyr College during World Skills UK competition Finals being held in South Wales this week.
It was great to talk to the amazing learners being unskilled to develop our future workforce for the hair and beauty industry and the social care and childcare sectors.
It was great to talk to the amazing learners being unskilled to develop our future workforce for the hair and beauty industry and the social care and childcare sectors.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I was delighted to visit Merthyr College during World Skills UK competition Finals being held in South Wales this week.
It was great to talk to the amazing learners being unskilled to develop our future workforce for the hair and beauty industry and the social care and childcare sectors.
It was great to talk to the amazing learners being unskilled to develop our future workforce for the hair and beauty industry and the social care and childcare sectors.
A look at some of the business in the Senedd this week.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A look at some of the business in the Senedd this week.
A look at some of the business in the Senedd this week.
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A look at some of the business in the Senedd this week.