It was a privilege to stand for Parliament in Cardiff West in the recent General Election, a constituency with personal significance for me as a born-and-bred Cardiffian with family links to Ely and Canton.

Matt Smith joined local Conservative activists in Adamsdown and spent the day talking to local residents about issues affecting the local area. Adamsdown residents get a poor deal from Labour-run Cardiff City Council: rising council tax and a poor track-record on refuse collection. 

Six-month plus waits for diagnosis and therapy rise 21%

The number of people waiting more than six months for diagnosis and therapy on the Welsh NHS has increased by 21% since March.

It is brilliant news that according to the ONS youth unemployment is down 394,000 on the level that it was in 2010. 

Commenting on today’s A-Level results, Darren Millar AM, Welsh Conservative Shadow Education Secretary, said:

“Our students and teachers can take great encouragement from today’s results and are due congratulations.

It is very welcome news that there are three million more people in work than there were in 2010 when Labour were last in power and when they left the country with a casino economy, a broken society and a  record peacetime budget deficit. 

17 Welsh employers were named for underpaying around 40 workers the National Minimum or Living Wage.

Secretary of State for Wales Alun Cairns said:

The First Minister has been urged to adopt a more constructive approach to his administration’s relationship with the UK Government. 

Wales needs a department led by a Minister solely dedicated to Brexit, the Welsh Conservative leader has said.

Andrew RT Davies argues that “more than 400 days” since Wales voted to leave the EU, Wales is still without a Brexit Ministry, unlike its Scottish and UK counterparts.

The Severn bridge Tolls will revert to public ownership in January, paving the way for tolls to be scrapped by the end of the 2018.