Hannah Woodward
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Welsh first minister 'expecting uplift' in money for railways in Wales from Westminster as she slams 'unfair' HS2 funding
Eluned Morgan became Welsh Labour's new leader last summer after she ran unopposed to replace Vaughan Gething. Since then, she has been pushing her Labour colleague Keir Starmer to boost rail funding,...
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NEW: Eluned Morgan ‘expecting rail uplift’ from Westminster as she slams ‘unfair’ HS2 funding.
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
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UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
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🚨 🏴New Senedd polling by Sky News / More in Common
Ref narrowly leads on 28% with Plaid just behind on 26%. Labour in third, but on 23% - higher compared to other polls which had them on 18%.
🔷Reform: 28%
🌼 Plaid Cymru: 26%
🌹 Labour: 23%
🌳 Conservatives: 10%
🟠 Lib Dems: 7%
🟩 Green:4%
⬜️Other: 2%
Ref narrowly leads on 28% with Plaid just behind on 26%. Labour in third, but on 23% - higher compared to other polls which had them on 18%.
🔷Reform: 28%
🌼 Plaid Cymru: 26%
🌹 Labour: 23%
🌳 Conservatives: 10%
🟠 Lib Dems: 7%
🟩 Green:4%
⬜️Other: 2%
July 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
🚨 🏴New Senedd polling by Sky News / More in Common
Ref narrowly leads on 28% with Plaid just behind on 26%. Labour in third, but on 23% - higher compared to other polls which had them on 18%.
🔷Reform: 28%
🌼 Plaid Cymru: 26%
🌹 Labour: 23%
🌳 Conservatives: 10%
🟠 Lib Dems: 7%
🟩 Green:4%
⬜️Other: 2%
Ref narrowly leads on 28% with Plaid just behind on 26%. Labour in third, but on 23% - higher compared to other polls which had them on 18%.
🔷Reform: 28%
🌼 Plaid Cymru: 26%
🌹 Labour: 23%
🌳 Conservatives: 10%
🟠 Lib Dems: 7%
🟩 Green:4%
⬜️Other: 2%
Rural crime in Wales at its highest in more than a decade.
Wales is the only UK nation to see a rise in rural crime. Another challenge for a struggling industry.
Wales is the only UK nation to see a rise in rural crime. Another challenge for a struggling industry.
Farming: Cost of rural crime in Wales at its highest in more than a decade
Farming: Cost of rural crime in Wales at its highest in more than a decade
The cost of rural crime in Wales is at its highest in more than a decade, a new report has revealed.
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June 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Rural crime in Wales at its highest in more than a decade.
Wales is the only UK nation to see a rise in rural crime. Another challenge for a struggling industry.
Wales is the only UK nation to see a rise in rural crime. Another challenge for a struggling industry.
Farage to pledge to reopen blast furnaces in Port Talbot
Coal mining in Wales could be part of Reform’s ambition to “reopen Port Talbot steel”
First major speech of Farage ahead of Senedd elections next year where Reform hope to be in Govt
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Coal mining in Wales could be part of Reform’s ambition to “reopen Port Talbot steel”
First major speech of Farage ahead of Senedd elections next year where Reform hope to be in Govt
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Farage to pledge to reopen blast furnaces in Port Talbot
Reindustrialising Wales will be at the centre of the Reform UK leader's speech later in Port Talbot.
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June 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Farage to pledge to reopen blast furnaces in Port Talbot
Coal mining in Wales could be part of Reform’s ambition to “reopen Port Talbot steel”
First major speech of Farage ahead of Senedd elections next year where Reform hope to be in Govt
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Coal mining in Wales could be part of Reform’s ambition to “reopen Port Talbot steel”
First major speech of Farage ahead of Senedd elections next year where Reform hope to be in Govt
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Kids 'sleep with vapes under pillows' - but will sales ban on disposables have any effect?
Kids 'sleep with vapes under pillows' - but will sales ban on disposables have any effect?
As a ban on the sale of disposable vapes comes into force on Sunday, a doctor who set up the first-ever clinic to help children stop vaping has said she has seen patients so addicted they couldn't sleep through the night without them.
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May 31, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Kids 'sleep with vapes under pillows' - but will sales ban on disposables have any effect?
Almost 60 years after Aberfan, the Welsh Gov has told Sky News it would "be difficult" to give "a cast iron guarantee" that lives won't be lost because of a coal tip disaster.
@alifortescuenews.bsky.social’s report from the south Wales valleys
youtu.be/mmF6l3JM_Ug
@alifortescuenews.bsky.social’s report from the south Wales valleys
youtu.be/mmF6l3JM_Ug
'Can't guarantee lives won't be lost' because of a coal tip disaster, says Welsh government
YouTube video by Sky News
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April 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Almost 60 years after Aberfan, the Welsh Gov has told Sky News it would "be difficult" to give "a cast iron guarantee" that lives won't be lost because of a coal tip disaster.
@alifortescuenews.bsky.social’s report from the south Wales valleys
youtu.be/mmF6l3JM_Ug
@alifortescuenews.bsky.social’s report from the south Wales valleys
youtu.be/mmF6l3JM_Ug
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Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
% saying Brexit has had a positive impact on...
Control the UK has over its laws: 31%
UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23%
UK's level of international trade: 11%
NHS: 6%
Full list in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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"There's nothing Welsh about Reform...they're very much an English focussed party" the First Minister tells Sky News. As @alifortescuenews.bsky.social
explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
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explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
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Could we be about to witness a seismic political shift in Wales?
Politics in Wales has long been dominated by Labour. However, Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party are eyeing up the Senedd elections due to take place in the first half of 2026.
news.sky.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"There's nothing Welsh about Reform...they're very much an English focussed party" the First Minister tells Sky News. As @alifortescuenews.bsky.social
explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
news.sky.com/story/could-...
explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
news.sky.com/story/could-...
"There's nothing Welsh about Reform...they're very much an English focussed party" the First Minister tells Sky News. As @alifortescuenews.bsky.social
explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
news.sky.com/story/could-...
explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
news.sky.com/story/could-...
Could we be about to witness a seismic political shift in Wales?
Politics in Wales has long been dominated by Labour. However, Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party are eyeing up the Senedd elections due to take place in the first half of 2026.
news.sky.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"There's nothing Welsh about Reform...they're very much an English focussed party" the First Minister tells Sky News. As @alifortescuenews.bsky.social
explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
news.sky.com/story/could-...
explores the rise of smaller parties in Wales ahead of next year's Senedd elections.
news.sky.com/story/could-...
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Which news story have Britons heard the most about, when asked on Mon/Tues?
Los Angeles wildfires: 62%
Grooming gangs inquiry: 5%
The state of the UK economy: 3%
Elon Musk's role in UK politics: 3%
Criticisms of the Labour Party: 2%
Labour economic / tax policies: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Los Angeles wildfires: 62%
Grooming gangs inquiry: 5%
The state of the UK economy: 3%
Elon Musk's role in UK politics: 3%
Criticisms of the Labour Party: 2%
Labour economic / tax policies: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Which news story have Britons heard the most about, when asked on Mon/Tues?
Los Angeles wildfires: 62%
Grooming gangs inquiry: 5%
The state of the UK economy: 3%
Elon Musk's role in UK politics: 3%
Criticisms of the Labour Party: 2%
Labour economic / tax policies: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Los Angeles wildfires: 62%
Grooming gangs inquiry: 5%
The state of the UK economy: 3%
Elon Musk's role in UK politics: 3%
Criticisms of the Labour Party: 2%
Labour economic / tax policies: 2%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests 'new era' for British politics
Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests 'new era' for British politics
Reform UK has grown in support to within one percentage point of Labour according to a new poll for Sky News by YouGov which suggests Britain has entered a new era of three-way party politics.
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January 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests 'new era' for British politics
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The Welsh Refugee Council will pursue a complaint with the Senedd's Standards Commissioner over a 'factually incorrect and misleading' video of school girls shared online by Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies. ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
Andrew RT Davies reported to standards commissioner over school girl social media post
Emily Price The Welsh Refugee Council will pursue a complaint with the Senedd’s Standards Commissioner over a “factually incorrect and misleading” video of school girls shared online by Conservative…
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January 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Welsh Refugee Council will pursue a complaint with the Senedd's Standards Commissioner over a 'factually incorrect and misleading' video of school girls shared online by Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies. ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
A new poll for Sky News by YouGov puts Nigel Farage's party just one percentage point behind the Government.
Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests 'new era' for British politics
Reform within touching distance of Labour as poll suggests 'new era' for British politics
Reform UK has grown in support to within one percentage point of Labour according to a new poll for Sky News by YouGov which suggests Britain has entered a new era of three-way party politics.
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January 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A new poll for Sky News by YouGov puts Nigel Farage's party just one percentage point behind the Government.
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NEW: Eluned Morgan ‘expecting rail uplift’ from Westminster as she slams ‘unfair’ HS2 funding.
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
Welsh first minister 'expecting uplift' in money for railways in Wales from Westminster as she slams 'unfair' HS2 funding
Eluned Morgan became Welsh Labour's new leader last summer after she ran unopposed to replace Vaughan Gething. Since then, she has been pushing her Labour colleague Keir Starmer to boost rail funding,...
news.sky.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
NEW: Eluned Morgan ‘expecting rail uplift’ from Westminster as she slams ‘unfair’ HS2 funding.
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
NEW: Eluned Morgan ‘expecting rail uplift’ from Westminster as she slams ‘unfair’ HS2 funding.
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
Welsh first minister 'expecting uplift' in money for railways in Wales from Westminster as she slams 'unfair' HS2 funding
Eluned Morgan became Welsh Labour's new leader last summer after she ran unopposed to replace Vaughan Gething. Since then, she has been pushing her Labour colleague Keir Starmer to boost rail funding,...
news.sky.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
NEW: Eluned Morgan ‘expecting rail uplift’ from Westminster as she slams ‘unfair’ HS2 funding.
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
UK Gov source said it would "signal a direction of travel" on transport in Wales in the coming days, + the issue will be a "priority" in the spring spending review.
news.sky.com/story/welsh-...
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This is a must read by @duncanrobinson.bsky.social which rings an alarm bell long overdue. Both main parties being at 26% is not normal. Every interaction I have with voters (left, right, centre) confirms their anger with the status quo. Yet as he says “Strangely, few in Westminster seem concerned”
December 11, 2024 at 7:54 PM
This is a must read by @duncanrobinson.bsky.social which rings an alarm bell long overdue. Both main parties being at 26% is not normal. Every interaction I have with voters (left, right, centre) confirms their anger with the status quo. Yet as he says “Strangely, few in Westminster seem concerned”
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Keir Starmer is considering closing a loophole that would allow Elon Musk to bankroll Nigel Farage and Reform, one of his ministers has signalled.
Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Keir Starmer Considers Closing Elon Musk Donations Loophole to Stop 'Foreign Interference' in UK Elections
A rumoured $100 million donation from Musk to Nigel Farage's Reform would be banned under the proposal
bylinetimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Keir Starmer is considering closing a loophole that would allow Elon Musk to bankroll Nigel Farage and Reform, one of his ministers has signalled.
Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
Under the proposal, donors would no longer be able to funnel donations to British political parties via UK companies
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/06/k...
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If chocolate is so bad for us, why do I feel so good when I open my chocolate advent calendar every morning?
December 7, 2024 at 9:30 AM
If chocolate is so bad for us, why do I feel so good when I open my chocolate advent calendar every morning?
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Former prime minister now supports a bill to legalise assisted dying, and says that it will help bring about a ‘meaningful reduction in human suffering’ ⬇️
David Cameron changes mind to come out in favour of assisted dying
Former prime minister now supports a change to the law as it will help bring about a ‘meaningful reduction in human suffering’
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Former prime minister now supports a bill to legalise assisted dying, and says that it will help bring about a ‘meaningful reduction in human suffering’ ⬇️
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Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report
Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report
Of the 85,000 women killed by men in 2023, 60% died at the hands of a partner or family member, new UN figures show
An estimated 140 women and girls across the world die at the hands of their partner or family member every day, according to new global…
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report
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🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
November 20, 2024 at 7:25 AM
🚨 LAUNCHING TODAY 🚨
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Nearly two years ago, @tortoisemedia.bsky.social unveiled the Westminster Accounts, a free tool designed to give people greater understanding of the money that flows through parliament.
Now, with Peer Review, we take on another arcane part of our system - the House of Lords
Reposted by Hannah Woodward
Eluned Morgan publicly called on Plaid Cymru to help her pass a Welsh government budget in FMQs today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Wales' Eluned Morgan invites Plaid for help to pass budget
Wales' first minister says Plaid Cymru could help the Welsh Labour government pass its budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Eluned Morgan publicly called on Plaid Cymru to help her pass a Welsh government budget in FMQs today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A “talented” vet killed himself after affluent clients would not pay to save their pets but instead were having them put down, an inquest has heard
Suicide vet was upset by well-off owners having pets put down
John Ellis became distressed by clients ‘with brand-new cars’ who said they could not afford treatment
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:13 PM
A “talented” vet killed himself after affluent clients would not pay to save their pets but instead were having them put down, an inquest has heard
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Sorry, have I woken up in 1999?
INDEPENDENT: William Hague hits out at ‘two jobs’ rival Peter Mandelson #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 16, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Sorry, have I woken up in 1999?