PUBLIC SERVICES: The Welsh government called on Jeremy Hunt today to increase funding for public services and help those struggling the most in the cost-of-living crisis.

Finance Minister Rebecca Evans said: “The priority for the Chancellor must be making the critical investment required for public services on which we all rely, including increased funding for pay and public-sector pensions costs. 

COAL LEGACY: Plaid Cymru’s Delyth Jewell asked the First Minister today to challenge the Westminster government’s “terrible” environmental legacy of coal tips in Wales and get them to pay towards making them safe.