What happens if the Welsh Government can’t get its budget passed?

(Much harder to do so if Labour fails to retain Senedd seat of Caerphilly in next week’s by-election)

Ministers claim consequences would be ‘catastrophic

Our #c4news report @marcusedwards.bsky.social & Dai Baker 🎥

Ex Reform UK leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to 8 bribery charges - he took payments for pushing a pro-Russian agenda whilst an MEP

Scotland Yard’s Counter Terrorism lead called it a case “which goes to the heart of our democratic values”

Our #c4news report ⬇️

"If we're honest it didn't go well for you"

Eluned Morgan hits back with a swipe at the Tories' electoral wipeout in Wales in the General Election after Darren Millar accuses Labour of overseeing 'economic chaos'

And this from the Welsh Conservatives leader Darren Millar who went on to accuse the Welsh Government of being 'clapped out and running out of steam, ideas, and time too'

The First Minister was pressed repeatedly (here by Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth) on whether she will publish a letter from the DWP in response to her request for a Wales-specific assessment of the welfare cuts...
She replies: "it's not mine to be published"

Listen to the reaction in the @senedd.wales when the First Minister insists: "I am not a spokesperson for the UK Government"

Eluned Morgan said repeatedly that the Welsh Gov was "very exercised by these proposals" [welfare cuts]

"What a disgrace this situation is..."

Bruising FMQs today for Welsh (Labour) First Minister Eluned Morgan as she faced continued questions re her position on the welfare cuts recently announced by UK Gov

Here's a flavour - this Q from Plaid Cymru's Delyth Jewell
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Match day 🔥
Noticed huge demand from across the border for tickets to this one. Fear Swing Low could be even louder in the Principality today than 2 yrs ago, unless Wales can emulate sublime spirit of U20s last night 💪
Happy Super Saturday 6 Nations fans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇫🇷 #WALvENG

But does Clydach Terrace provide an important glimpse into a future where such cases become much more common?

Natural Resources Wales has told us: "Society may need to make hard choices about how sustainable some of our at-risk communities are"

In Clydach Terrace, beyond the constant fear of another big storm hitting, there's deep anxiety over the community's future.

5 yrs on, Natural Resources Wales is still exploring options for the street, incl. whether to build flood defences or, significantly,...

This made me laugh…and a great pub too

This should also be causing deep concern for the Welsh Government:

It involves cancer survival rates in Wales and a 'significant deprivation gap' which has widened

NHS Wales Executive is not short of resources. It receives £57m a year from Welsh Government - and it has a current workforce of 465 employees.

In that context, arguably, the following finding in today's Audit Wales report should be ringing alarm bells across government

👏Plough & Harrow, Monknash 🍺

Warming up for Gavin & Stacey The Finale…🎄😂

From the brilliant Foxy’s Deli team in Penarth
📹Carys & Sian Fox

Me: How many children did you have while undercover?
BL: One
Me: Did your bosses know...?
(2013)

After last wk's devastating testimony from Belinda Harvey & 'Jacqui', tomorrow ex undercover cop Bob Lambert, so pivotal a figure in #spycops scandal, appears before the Undercover Policing Inquiry 1/3