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Welsh Conservative and Shadow Health Secretary Angela Burns AM, said:

“Welsh Conservatives gave this Act a cautious welcome, despite repeatedly having our reasonable amendments rejected by the Welsh Government to implement stronger monitoring and data collection methods.

The move follows the recommendation made by the Welsh Assembly’s Economy Committee for a new trade and international relations minister responsible for “selling Wales to the world”.

The West Wales health board has announced the findings of the public consultation into Health Services, stating their preferred option is to downgrade the capacity of two major hospitals.

Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board has now been under Welsh Government control for almost 3 and a half years. During that time, the Welsh Government has promised that there are staged “improvement and transformation” plans in place to improve outcomes at the Health Board. 

The Welsh Conservatives have welcomed the “long overdue” announcement made by Vaughan Gething today, but have criticised the Welsh Government’s “cynical” attempt to politicise the pay increase.

Official Welsh Government statistics released today show that two hospitals in North Wales have achieved the worst accident and emergency performance for a Welsh hospital since records began.

Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Andrew RT Davies, has responded to today’s announcement by the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, that Swansea University will receive £36m to develop building materials which generate power.

In his inaugural First Minister’s Questions as Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Paul Davies AM, sought answers from Carwyn Jones on why he vetoed recent changes recommended by Paul Bowen for the QC inquiry into the events surrounding Carl Sargeant’s death.

The new Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Paul Davies AM, has reshuffled the Shadow Cabinet in the National Assembly for Wales today, calling the changes “the first move in positioning the Welsh Conservatives as the next government of Wales”.

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The Welsh Conservatives have criticised the frontrunner in the Welsh Labour leadership contest for suggesting he would introduce a free box of childcare items for every new-born in Wales.