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    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      UK business & economy
      Corporate insolvencies rise 17% in England and Wales

      Increase in liquidations partly due to more winding-up petitions from tax authority, says government agency

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Brexit
      Welsh first minister warns N Ireland trade deal could hit port traffic

      Drakeford fears changes will shift demand away from Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      UK energy
      Energy-intensive UK companies set to receive state support

      Plans being drawn up as British Steel announces up to 260 job cuts to confront soaring costs

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Transport
      Wales slams brakes on most road expansion to avoid creating new traffic

      Devolved government takes axe to planned developments to help it meet net zero commitments

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      InterviewTheatre
      Playwright Diana Nneka Atuona: ‘You should write what moves you, as long as it’s sincere’

      The dramatist on multicultural life in wartime Wales and why writing from lived experience isn’t always essential

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      UK society
      Tackling local crime key to ‘levelling up’, says think-tank

      Antisocial behaviour identified as big concern in England and Wales ahead of new government drug strategy

    • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      NHS staff in Wales call off strike after Cardiff boosts pay offer

      GMB and RCN unions suspend action planned for Monday as deal adds to pressure on Sunak

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK braced for biggest strike day since 2011 as ministers resist pay rises

      Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers set to walk out on Wednesday in co-ordinated action

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Data PointsÆndra Rininsland
      Census data alone is not enough to map the trans community

      The new information is important but many are still afraid to be counted

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      UK business & economy
      Corporate insolvencies climb in England and Wales as costs bite

      Year-on-year increase of almost a third in December reflects challenging business climate, say experts

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Lawyers urge UK to speed up reform of cohabitation rights

      Lack of legal parity for unmarried couples leaves partners, especially women, without protection when relationships break down, experts say

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Welsh government to propose £1,000 payment to NHS staff

      Move by Labour-led administration in Cardiff will increase pressure on Rishi Sunak to follow suit

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Wales first minister defends raising council tax for second homeowners

      Policy that could triple levy is not about being ‘nasty’, says Mark Drakeford, as he sets outs new ‘tourist tax’

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      Will I have to pay tax on my Welsh properties?

      I own a large property and a few cottages in Wales, built by my great-grandfather, which I rent out

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Law Society of England & Wales
      Crumbling courts in England and Wales exacerbate trial delays, report reveals

      Law Society cites leaking roofs, broken heating and toilets that fail to flush

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      UK labour disputes
      Nurses in England and Wales to stage historic strike over pay

      NHS leaders seek to protect some services from industrial action that also affects N Ireland

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      Can I contest division of my late partner’s estate? Premium content

      He did not make a will and everything will go to his brother

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      UK prisons
      UK justice ministry requisitions police cells after jails fill up

      Government blames barristers’ strike for a surge in number of prisoners on remand

    • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
      News in-depthUK business & economy
      UK steel industry warns it needs state aid to survive green transition

      Britain’s two big producers say government must match support offered to domestic suppliers across Europe

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      UK immigration
      Foreign born population jumps to 10mn in England and Wales

      Census shows 2.5mn increase since 2011 despite government attempts to limit immigration

    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      Travel
      The spectacular solitude of the ‘Desert of Wales’

      A vast, empty tract in the centre of the country offers huge skies and abundant peace — but is also the subject of a simmering environmental dispute

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      King Charles III
      King Charles to appear on UK coins before Christmas

      Royal Mint at work on ‘biggest change to coinage in decades’

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
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    • Sunday, 18 September, 2022
      ReviewArts
      Mattan: Injustice of a Hanged Man — podcast revisits a tragic tale

      Mahmood Mattan was executed in 1952 for a crime he did not commit; the consequences echoed down generations

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      King Charles III
      King Charles woos Welsh in final stop on tour of the union

      Thousands greet new monarch in Cardiff — alongside vocal republican minority

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