Welsh print is imperilled. I am proud to be one of 145 signatories of this #OpenLetter to #WelshGovernment calling for urgent action against the precarious situation of writers in #Wales. Please, join our fight and write to your #Senedd rep. Without independent Welsh print, Welsh voices are falling into a void and our concerns go unnoticed in a media culture centreed around #London.

https://www.mikeparker.org.uk/openletter.html

So #WelshGovernment introduce #Wales20MPH to encourage public transport use. Welsh bus companies respond by reducing their services.

Many thanks Kermode for the Wikipage. Very interesting. I agree that it is pity that the #welshgovernment uses google analytics. However, I have been struggling unsuccesfully to free myself from Googles tentacles! @gemlog @anniemo71

@gemlog @MichaelPalmer

I always opt for strickly nessessary cookies on the Welsh Gov website.
Its annoying that it doesn't appear to save my setting for each visit though.

Perhaps I missed something but I tend to opt out each time

#Cymru
#Wales
#WelshGovernment

Listen to my interview on BBC Radio Wales from yesterday to hear why current calls for the devolution of justice make sense historically. For most of Wales’ history, we have been able to blend and adapt laws to our own needs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001n64m

#history #law #commonlaw #englishlaw #welsh #welshlaw #welshgovernment #devolution #bbc #bbcradio #wales

Please consider signing this petition for the #WelshGovernment to purchase #Sycharth, the home of #OwainGlyndŵr

https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245319

I am trying to figure out how to best display diversity of opinion within @nicw; for example, we are writing a short piece responding to a #WelshGovernment consultation on #flooding, and we want Commissioners to be able to dissent from a majority opinion.

Any thoughts or experience gratefully received!

#Disagreement

Waking the Red Dragon: Could the Welsh break up with Britain? This Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary will be broadcast on Thursday at 20:00 Australian Eastern Daylight Time #Cymru #Wales #annibyniaeth #YmaOHyd #Wrecsam #WrexhamAFC #llywodraethcymru #welshgovernment #australianbroadcastingcorporation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-27/waking-the-red-dragon/102149168?utm_source=abc_news_web&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web

Activists ask #WelshGovernment to stop mine expansion. “We do not want fossil fuels in Wales and we need to transition to a green economy.” https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/intercardiff/politics-social-justice/welsh-coal-mine-expansion-will-the-government-implement-a-tough-policy-against-it

...[2 of 2] It will exacerbate the status of Wales as an economic backwater that thinks that so-called 'progressive' values can pay the bills and that 'progressive' politics can be implemented by regressing to a pre-industrial, agricultural idyll that never actually existed in the first place. Still trying to control everything by pulling levers from the centre. #welshgovernment #weneedrealstatesmen #glorifiedcountycouncillors

In 2017, the Welsh Government introduced its own taxation policy for transactions involving the sales and leasing of land and buildings.

Alma Economics was commissioned by the Welsh Government to conduct an independent review of the Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes Act (LTTA).

You can read our full report here:
https://www.gov.wales/independent-review-land-transaction-tax-and-anti-avoidance-devolved-taxes-wales-act-2017

#landtransactiontax #landtax #landpolicy #publicpolicy #wales #cymru #welshgovernment #research #taxpayers #tax

This is a good example of devolved powers making a real difference. Well done #WelshGovernment #environment https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64640215

We're delighted to be supporting #WelshGovernment ambitions for #RenewableEnergy and #CommunityOwnership in #Wales 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿https://mor.cymru/2023/01/25/supporting-wales-ambitions/

@leannewood @matthannon @calvjones @ianbrown
@simonhanson
#CommunityEnergy

We're delighted to be supporting #WelshGovernment ambitions for #RenewableEnergy and #CommunityOwnership in #Wales 👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿https://mor.cymru/2023/01/25/supporting-wales-ambitions/

@leannewood @matthannon @calvjones @ianbrown
@simonhanson
#CommunityEnergy

Recent experience with the public sector within Wales indicates a large number are still working from home. This does not seem to be translating into 'effectively working from home', however. Enquires and even statutory requests are simply not being handled. A total shambles, leaving #Welshgovernment repeatedly in breach of law.

#Wales #Cymru

"Mark Drakeford’s luxury World Cup stay paid for by Qatari Government"

Mark is a very naughty boy.

#LlywodraethCymru #WelshGovernment #MarkDrakeford #PrifWeinidog #FirstMinister

https://nation.cymru/news/mark-drakefords-luxury-world-cup-stay-paid-for-by-qatari-government/

The High Court has dismissed the challenge against the Welsh Government’s reform of Relationships and Sexuality Education which removes the parental opt out: https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Isherwood-v-Welsh-Ministers-Judgment-221222.pdf

Much of interest here in relation to Religion, Values and Ethics too, on which see https://anthempress.com/religion-in-schools-learning-lessons-from-wales-pb

#education #schools #wales #sexeducation #welshgovernment #curriculum #school #rse #relationshipsandsexualityeducation #childrensrighta #optout #rve #religionvaluesandethics

So the #ScottishGovernment have tax raising powers and the press call it the "Tartan Tax".

If the #WelshGovernment had the same powers I think it should be called "In Cwm Tax".

Mae Sustrans yn gweithio gyda #LlywodraethCymru i gynnig benthyciadau beiciau trydan rhad ac am ddim i gymunedau ledled Cymru | Sustrans is working with the #WelshGovernment to offer free e-bike loans to communities across Wales. #ebike #beiciautrydan #cymru #cenendlaethaurdyfodol
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sustrans_sustainability-e-bike-loans-aim-to-tame-activity-7004338458974408704-ifAH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

Though minor in the grand scheme of things, the failure of #Welshgovernment to comply with the statutory requirements of FoIA 2000 in relation to the closure of #menaibridge is troubling - and unacceptable.