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UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

13 things we've learnt from the Welsh Government budget announcement

It's been described as "unlike any since the start of devolution"

Wales Online

Welsh Government outlines budget to tackle ‘perfect storm’ of financial pressure

Finance minister Rebecca Evans described it as ‘one of the toughest budgets since devolution’.

The Independent UK

Business rates in Wales will be frozen for the 2023-24 financial year says Welsh Government

The decision is part of a £460m Welsh Government business support package for the next two financial years

Birmingham Post

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Welsh Government needs to match England on business rates says business leaders

15 business leaders have written to Welsh Government Finance Minister Rebecca Evans calling for rates to be frozen at a minimum for the 2023-24 financial year

Birmingham Post

Q&A blog: Celebrate International Day of People with Disability and learn from those with lived experiences

To celebrate International Day of People with Disability, we hosted a live Q&A so you can learn from those with lived experiences.

ABC News

Couple taken to court over £7.9K bill for following Covid rules

'This is an ugly situation that’s only to get uglier'

Wales Online

First Minister Mark Drakeford warns Chancellor's actions will cause a 'deeper, longer lasting' recession

He said: 'We will all pay the price for their failures'

Wales Online

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Devolved administrations call for urgent talks with Chancellor

Ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland say more funding is needed from Westminster to protect vital public services.

The Independent UK

New budget will ’embed unfairness’ across the UK, says Welsh finance minister

One charity has called Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s plans to cut taxes for the wealthy ‘grotesque’.

The Independent UK

Wales may impose ‘visitor levy’ on overnight guests

Proposal to tax visitors – including Welsh residents – branded a ‘misguided and damaging bed tax’

The Guardian - UK

Wales tourist tax plans will hit communities and businesses, say critics

The Welsh Government says money raised from the levy would go towards improving local areas and supporting tourism.

The Independent UK

How soaring inflation is also hitting the Welsh Government

The Welsh Government's request for more UK Government funding is unlikely to be heeded.

Birmingham Post

Devolved nations send joint letter over cost-of-living

FINANCE Minister Kate Forbes has joined her counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland to highlight “significant gaps” in cost-of-living support…

The National (Scotland)

Devolved finance ministers push Chancellor over cost-of-living crisis support

In a joint letter the three ministers said that action is needed to support households and businesses ahead of another increase in energy prices.

The Independent UK

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Wales Online

Westminster raids Welsh Government funds to pay for military aid for Ukraine

Wales' finance minister Rebecca Evans has criticised the UK Government's decision

The Guardian - UK

Penarth chamber music festival review – bold and bracing performances

The calibre and mutual understanding of musicians from far and wide produces intimate and welcoming music for friends

The National (Scotland)

Devolved ministers join forces to demand more from UK Treasury for those in need

FINANCE ministers from the three devolved nations have urged the UK Government to do more in helping those “most in need” during the…

The Independent UK

Finance ministers call on UK Government to do more to help those ‘most in need’

The ongoing cost-of-living crisis was at the top of the agenda for the UK’s finance ministers as they met in Cardiff on Wednesday.

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Wales Online

Crackdown on second homes in Wales will begin next April

The changes are about when a property can qualify for council tax relief

Birmingham Post

Holidaymakers staying in Wales WON'T have to pay tourism tax for 'years'

Welsh Government is proposing giving councils the powers to add a tax on overnight stays in their part of the country

Birmingham Post

Welsh Government commissions three research projects into controversial tourism tax for Wales

The tax proposal for overnight visitors to Wales has been savaged by the industry

Wales Online

Council elections interview: Leader of the Swansea Conservatives on his background and rise through the party ranks

This is part of a series of interviews with the people who have a chance of being the next leader of Swansea Council after the local elections on May 5. Today we spoke to Lyndon Jones, the leader of the Swansea Conservatives

Wales Online

Welsh morning headlines: News, Ukraine, coronavirus sport and weather as Wales responds to Spring Statement

All the latest news from Wales and further afield

The Independent UK

Westminster funding for cost-of-living crisis leaves Wales ‘£9 million worse off’

Welsh Finance Minister Rebecca Evans accused Treasury of ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’.

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