The Welsh Government and the National Assembly for Wales became responsible for some of the taxes paid in Wales in April 2018, with additional powers coming into effect in April 2019.

Income Tax

Secretary of State for Defence is joined by Welsh Secretary and UK Government Minister for Wales on his first base visit to Wales

Agreement is good news for Welsh farmers whose lamb already accounts for a third of total food and drink exports 

UK exporters are set to benefit from a multimillion pound boost as Japan opened its market to imports of UK lamb and beef.

The Welsh Secretary reflects on Welsh success stories in 2018 and looks ahead to the following 12 months

Looking back over the past twelve months, Wales has once again proven its credentials as a world-renowned destination for inward investment and increasing opportunities.

Figures released this month have brought bad news for the Welsh Labour Government as housebuilding falls again.

New statistics show the percentage of Welsh Accident and Emergency patients seen within the four and twelve hour targets last month was smaller than in any other November on record.

Information requested by the Welsh Conservatives has revealed 2,993 of the 5,868 (51%) complaints made by patients to health boards in Wales were “not resolved or dealt with” within the Welsh Government target of one month.

The Welsh Conservatives have said fewer and fewer people are choosing to study in Wales because the Welsh Government are failing to make Wales an attractive place to work.

Statistics show Wales recorded lower Gross Value Added (GVA) per head than Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the nine English regions.

The Welsh Conservatives held a debate in the Senedd with the aim of persuading AMs to call on the Welsh Government to “acknowledge its failures and abandon its failing policies”.