Wales to trial world’s highest basic income scheme for young people leaving care
Wales is to roll out one of the most generous basic income schemes ever trialled in the world to its care leavers this year. The pilot will see all young
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Social care workers in Wales to get £1,000 bonus as sector moves to real living wage
More than 50,000 social care workers in Wales are to get a £1,000 bonus in their pay packets this year, it has been announced. The one-off payment, due in staff
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Man whose case prompted ‘neglect’ complaint from judge to leave hospital after more than two years
A man with mental health difficulties whose case made headlines after a judge said his needs had been “neglected” is preparing to leave hospital, health authority bosses say. Mr Justice
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Three convicted of homophobic murder of consultant psychiatrist in Cardiff park
Two men and a teenage girl have been found guilty of the homophobic murder of a consultant psychiatrist in a Cardiff park. Dr Gary Jenkins was violently assaulted in Bute
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Welsh hospices to receive extra £2.2m funding increase following end-of-life care review
Hospices in Wales will receive an extra £2.2m as part of the Welsh Government’s end-of-life care review. Of the funding, £888k will go to the two children’s hospices – Ty
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Welsh Government announce £1.8M fund to boost health and social care student numbers
Money is to be given to health and social care students to help them complete their studies and go into the sector, the Welsh Government has announced. The £1.8 million
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Welsh Government urged to produce ‘clear, strategic plan’ to tackle ‘colossal’ waiting times backlog
The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in Wales has ballooned for the 19th consecutive month, prompting calls for the Welsh Government to act now to tackle the “colossal”
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Daughter of political refugees ‘privileged’ to be appointed Wales’ new children’s commissioner
A woman who fled Chile with her parents as a baby and went on to study at Cambridge University has been named the new children’s commissioner for Wales. Rocio Cifuentes
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England is politically paralysed and ‘global outlier’ because of anti-restrictions stance – Mark Drakeford
England is a “global outlier” in the fight against the Omicron wave of coronavirus because of its anti-restrictions stance, Wales’s First Minister has said. At a Welsh Government press briefing
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Human rights of elderly ‘not fairweather luxuries’ as MP speaks of fear of separation from mother
The human rights of elderly and disabled people “are not fairweather luxuries”, an MP has said as she told of how she fears being separated indefinitely from her mother who
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