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Data released by the ONS today also showed the number of excess winter deaths almost doubled in Wales compared to the previous year from 1,850 to 3,400.

Following weeks of cancelled services and overcrowded carriages, the Welsh Conservatives say the Welsh Labour Government’s “blame game is simply scapegoating to try to avoid accountability”.

New data has shown that 17.5% of households in Wales had no adults in employment in 2017, 2.8% more than the UK as a whole – a wider gap than the previous year.

Though Wales did improve slightly on its 17.8% average in 2016, the gap between it and the UK’s rate increased from 2.5%.

The Education Secretary for Wales has told Assembly Members that the Welsh Government have had to write off £3.25m following ten year of incorrect grant payments.

The Welsh Conservatives held a debate today calling for the Welsh Labour Government to change next year’s controversial local authority financial settlement, and to review the formula that allocates cash to councils.

The North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner has been slammed by a local AM for encouraging people to break the law.

Shadow Welsh Language Secretary Suzy Davies AM has said the appointment of former Assembly Member Aled Roberts as the Commissioner is a “sensible move” but has warned he has fight on his hand to protect the role’s independence.

Mrs Davies, the AM for South Wales West, said:

Welsh Conservatives have today announced plans to replace the scandal-hit quango, Natural Resources Wales, as part of its vision for the environment in Wales post-Brexit.

Responding to the report published today by the Public Accounts Committee on the NRW timber scandal, Shadow Secretary for the Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew RT Davies AM, said:

Today, the Welsh Government announced it will be introducing a single waiting time target for cancer diagnosis and treatment.

The change means that waits will be recorded from when all patients are suspected to have cancer, whereas before it was just for those who had clear symptoms.