The Welsh Government continues to support infrastructure in Islwyn, defraying the revenue costs of capital borrowing by partners in local government and housing and by direct provision of capital funding. The £22 million new build of Islwyn High School is just one recent example of this investment.

Guidance already exists on this matter but is in the process of being updated so local authorities and the third sector organisations which provide that advice develop and share good practice. I am clear that recovery practices need to be proportionate, fair and consistently applied, with particular support being available to vulnerable households.

Yn unol â chytundeb y Gyllideb 2017 gyda Phlaid Cymru, rydyn ni’n buddsoddi £14m o gyllid refeniw dros ddwy flynedd i gefnogi addysg feddygol yn y Gogledd. Mae Prifysgolion Caerdydd, Abertawe a Bangor wedi cyflwyno cynigion i gynyddu addysg a hyfforddiant meddygol yn yr ardal. Mae’r cynigion hyn yn cael eu hystyried ar hyn o bryd. 

I was pleased to provide an Oral Statement to the chamber yesterday in which I provided an update on proposals for a vacant land tax.

The Welsh Government is committed to ensuring that spending decisions are informed by robust evidence and value for money is considered throughout policy development.

The Welsh Government is committed to ensuring that spending decisions are informed by robust evidence and value for money is considered throughout policy development.

Since we published the Wales Infrastructure Investment Plan in 2012, we have invested £9 billion of core capital funding in projects across the whole of Wales, including improvements to the A40, as well as infrastructure investment in schools, housing and  health care.  

Mae’n polisïau a’n dulliau caffael arloesol yn cael effaith gadarnhaol ar swyddi a chymunedau Cymru. Bydd canlyniad yr Adolygiad sy’n mynd rhagddo yn ein galluogi i symud ymlaen eto mewn cydweithrediad â’n rhanddeiliaid.