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The Welsh Labour Government has announced social care staff across Wales will receive a special one-off payment of £500, as further recognition for their work on the frontline of this crisis. This includes ancillary staff such as cooks, cleaners, as well as nursing staff employed by care homes. We want every penny of this £500

Lovely to visit Willows High School, Cardiff again, this time to talk about healthy eating. I met with the headteacher Chris Norman and nutritionist Tazmin Proctor to discuss how we can make school dinners more nutritious. It was fantastic to hear that: *Pupils are given a voice when it comes to menu options *Over half the school

One of my favourite parts of being an Assembly Member is getting to visit schools across my constituency. Since 2016 I have visited 50 schools, meeting with school councils and attending school assemblies. I have also had the pleasure of welcoming schools to the Assembly. This month, pupils and staff from St Cyres, Llandough Primary

This morning I was grilled by the politics class at St. Cyres School n a number of topics ranging from my role as their Assembly Member and Minister for Health, to Brexit and the powers of the National Assembly. We started off with a very detailed discussion about the current circumstances surrounding Brexit, including this week’s votes

Local AM Vaughan Gething is urging residents to check if they are able to receive discounts or reductions in Council Tax fees. Households across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan could well be missing out on reductions. Vaughan has joined the Welsh Government along with a host of charities to make people aware of the

At present it is against the law for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to ‘reasonable punishment’ (section 58 Children Act 2004). Yesterday the Welsh Government announced a 12 week consultation on proposals to remove this defence. Please do make your views known by responding to the consultation. Further

Labour is committed to providing funding to the 43 forces across England and Wales to hire an extra 10,000 officers operating in community policing roles. In Wales, this will mean at least 853 new police officers, one for every electoral ward in the country, which will be funded by reversing cuts to Capital Gains Tax.

IN MY role as cabinet secretary for health, wellbeing and sport I was pleased to recently announce a significant increase in the number of trainee GPs in Wales. The Welsh Labour Government made a commitment in our Programme for Government to continue to invest in primary care and to take action and train more GPs,

Vaughan Gething AM has welcomed changes to support for the most disadvantaged pupils in Wales. The Welsh Labour Government have announced  that the Pupil Deprivation Grant will be renamed the Pupil Development Grant (PDG). The new grant will be extended to help more pupils than its predecessor. The Welsh Government is to invest over £90m through

Communities and Children Secretary, Carl Sargeant has announced £422,334 for credit unions across Wales during 2017-18. The funding will help credit unions continue to support financially excluded members as well as help their longer term sustainability. Projects will include schools savings schemes and community engagement programmes. Carl Sargeant said: “We know the importance of credit