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Responding to a report by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee on healthy ageing and how people can live longer in good...

More than one in four workers in Wales fear that they will lose their job in the next six months, according to new polling...

Mae mwy nag un o bob pedwar gweithiwr yng Nghymru yn ofni y byddan nhw'n colli eu swydd yn y chwe mis nesaf, yn...

Responding to the launch of the government white paper on reforming the Mental Health Act, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s...

Responding to the publication of the Government’s vaccine delivery plan and first daily figures of those who have received a coronavirus vaccine, Cllr Ian...

Responding to the publication of the latest NHS Test and Trace and coronavirus testing figures for the week ending 30 December 2020, Cllr Ian...

Dim ond 23% o'r rhai a holwyd a ddywedodd fod eu cyflogwr wedi ymgynghori â staff ar asesiad risg, yn unol â chyngor...

Only 23% of those surveyed said their employer had consulted staff on a risk assessment, in line with Welsh Government advice Fewer than...

Rydym yn cyhoeddi'r datganiad hwn i gefnogi ein hundebau cysylltiedig sy'n cynrychioli gweithlu'r ysgolion a cholegau, yn dilyn eu datganiad ar y cyd yn...

We are issuing this statement in support of our affiliated unions who represent the schools’ and colleges’ workforce, following their joint statement calling for...

On the issue of schools reopening this week, Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, which represents...

Commenting on Welsh Government’s guidance change, Wales TUC General Secretary, Shavanah Taj, said: “We strongly welcome Welsh Government’s change in advice for Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (formally ‘shielding’)...

Responding to the new Tier 4 restrictions, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “All councils continue to work...

Responding to the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2021/22, Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman of the Local Government Association, said: “It is good to see...

Responding to today’s provisional figures on how more than 137,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in the...

Heddiw (dydd Mawrth 15 Rhagfyr), mae TUC Cymru wedi galw ar benaethiaid i ddiogelu iechyd meddwl gweithwyr. Mae hwn yn dod ar yr un...

Wales TUC has today (Tuesday 15 December) called for bosses to protect workers’ mental health. This coincides with the union body launching a new toolkit aimed at improving workplace mental health. As workers come...

With just 16 days until the end of the transition period the UK Government has admitted it has failed to secure land at Holyhead...

Business and political leaders throughout the Swansea Bay City Region have welcomed recent progress for a £55 million digital infrastructure programme. Following its approval at...

Responding to an Age UK report on care home visiting and for in-person visiting to become the default option for the rest of the...

More than a million homes on land earmarked for development by councils are yet to be brought forward by developers for planning permission, new...

Responding to a National Audit Office interim report on the Government’s approach to test and trace in England, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the...

Responding to latest official statistics and reports showing that 2018 saw the highest suicide rate in 14 years, with the greatest long-term increases seen...

Following Hywel Dda University Health Board’s announcement to set up two vaccination centres in Carmarthen and Ceredigion, local Liberal Democrats have written to Ros...

Responding to an interim report by the APPG on Coronavirus on the need for government to adopt a Covid Exit strategy and other recommendations,...

Responding to the announcement of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine receiving regulatory approval, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board,...

Secondary schools across England and Wales encouraged to get involved in Census 2021 The Office for National Statistics is keen for schools across the country...

Ysgolion uwchradd ledled Cymru a Lloegr yn cael eu hannog i gymryd rhan yng Nghyfrifiad 2021 Mae'r Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol yn awyddus i ysgolion ledled...

Wrth ymateb i gynlluniau ar gyfer cyfyngiadau newydd ar y diwydiant lletygarwch, dywedodd Shavanah Taj, Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol TUC Cymru: "Rydym yn cefnogi'r cyfyngiadau pellach ar y...

Responding to plans for new restrictions on the hospitality industry, Wales TUC General Secretary Shavanah Taj said: “We support further restrictions on the hospitality industry to limit...

Responding to a Health Foundation report on the future of public health and its analysis that there are at least 77,000 premature deaths caused...

Responding to calls from the AA for councils to suspend town centre parking charges over the Christmas period, Cllr David Renard, Transport Spokesperson for the Local...

Responding to Public Health England’s annual adult substance misuse treatment statistics for 2019/20, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing...

Responding to the Health and Social Care Secretary’s statement on the new three-tier restrictions being introduced for different areas across England, Cllr Ian Hudspeth,...

Wrth sôn am Adolygiad Gwariant Llywodraeth y DU ddoe, dywedodd Shavanah Taj, Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol TUC Cymru: "Roeddem yn gobeithio y byddai'r Canghellor wedi cydnabod difrifoldeb...

Commenting on yesterday’s UK Government Spending Review, Wales TUC General Secretary, Shavanah Taj said: “We hoped that the Chancellor would have recognised the enormity of...

Commenting on the Government’s new £2.9 billion Restart programme to support the long term unemployed back into employment, Cllr Sir Richard Leese, Chair of...

Responding to announcements about adult social care and public health in today’s Spending Review, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community...

Commenting on the Government’s £1.6 billion for local road repairs, Cllr David Renard, Transport spokesperson for the Local Government Association said:  “Fixing our roads is...

Responding to the Spending Review, Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman of the Local Government Association, said: “Council services have been critical in the fight against COVID-19,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRcdQt1kkls&feature=youtu.be Ar Dachwedd 26ain mae Mentrau Iaith Cymru yn cyhoeddi dogfen "Y Gymraeg, y gymuned a'r economi leol", sef Maniffesto'r Mentrau Iaith ar gyfer etholiad Senedd Cymru...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRcdQt1kkls&feature=youtu.be On November 26th Mentrau Iaith Cymru publishes "Welsh, the community and the local economy", the Mentrau Iaith's Manifesto for the Welsh Parliament's 2021 election. The document's aim is to present proposals for the political parties to consider during the run up to the Welsh...

Responding to a National Audit Office report on the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the coronavirus pandemic, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of...

On the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25th November), The trade union federations of Great Britain and the...

Responding to the COVID-19 Winter Plan announced today, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said” “Councils have been calling...

Senedd Member for Mid and West Wales Eluned Morgan has urged people to step up actions to prevent the spread of Coronavirus following a...

Securing the immediate sustainability of local services must be the top priority for the Spending Review to avoid councils having to find “disastrous” savings...

Vital public health services such as drug and alcohol treatment, early years and school aged support, weight management and sexual health services need urgent...

Responding to the Government announcement of an expansion of testing to include weekly tests of those working in home care, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman...

Responding to the publication of the latest NHS Test and Trace and coronavirus testing figures, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s...