SCHOOL TAX: Private schools in Wales with charitable status will no longer enjoy a tax break after the Welsh government today ended business rates relief of at least 80 per cent from April 1.

Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said: “By removing this tax break, we can free up as much as £1.3 million every year to support local public services.”

Charitable relief for independent schools has already been ended in Scotland and England is considering the same. 

BREXIT REVERSAL: Welsh nationalists promised today to introduce a new Act to enable Welsh law to be aligned with European Union standards.

Plaid Cymru spokesman Adam Price gave the pledge as the fifth anniversary of Brexit looms on January 31. A majority in Wales voted for Brexit.

Mr Price claimed the law would repair the damage to the Welsh economy caused by Brexit, and prepare Wales for independence and re-entry into the EU. 

FARAGE ATTACKED: Welsh Health Secretary Jeremy Miles has attacked Nigel Farage’s comments that he is “open to anything” regarding replacing Britain’s NHS with “an insurance-based model.” 

“The people of Wales created the NHS, and now Nigel Farage wants to destroy it. A vote for Reform is a vote against the NHS in Wales,” Mr Miles said.

“Every voter needs to ask themselves — can you afford health insurance? That is what you will get from Reform.”

PUBLIC SUPPORT: Peace activists and politicians today called on the Liberal Democrats to end the suspension of Cardiff Councillor Imran Latif.

Over 100 people and organisations have signed the statement after Mr Latif was suspended by the Lib Dems for his involvement in a peaceful protest at Cardiff Bay Police Station late last year.

The protest at the police station was to support a pro-Palestine activist who was arrested during a demonstration for Gaza.