A higher proportion of children in Wales live in severe poverty compared to the rest of the UK, according to Save the Children. It said 90,000 children (14%) live in low income homes which are often poorly heated and where it is a struggle to pay for basics like food and clothes. This compares to 13% in England and 9% in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Labour have pledged to eradicate all child pov...

Every year GCSE and A-level results suggest continual approvements, with more than a quarter of all grades being As - and growing each year. However, all of those grades are going the same children. Only 47.2% of children are getting five “good” GCSEs (A*-C), if English and Maths are excluded, meaning that 52.8% of children aren’t

THE Assembly Government’s core aspiration to conquer child poverty has been blown seriously off course, according to new official figures.

The rate of men diagnosed with cancer in Wales is the highest in the UK, official figures show.

Wales suffers the biggest rise in unemployment in the UK, according to the latest figures.

Exam boards may base grades on coursework alone if virus stops tests Exam boards are working on contingency plans to award children GCSE and A-level grades based on coursework marks if they are unable to attend an exam because of swine flu, the schools minister, Jim Knight, has revealed. Five schools and a nursery have now closed after children were diagnosed with the H1N1 virus and some have had ...

MOTHERS and children across Wales are trapped in a cycle of poverty which has seen parts of the nation named among the UK’s lowest-paid areas, according to the Wales TUC.

The most recent set of unemployment figures will make very disappointing reading for everyone but especially those in the Labour party that are pushing the Tory bogeyman strategy. Unemployment figures are now at their highest since 1995, meaning we are now beginning to hit heights not seen since the Tories. However, on a more positive side Wales has again bucked the UK trend. Whilst the recess cla...

The gap in GCSE performance between Wales and the rest of the UK is cut for the top grades, but increases on three of the four headline measures.

Last year I noted my disappointment that Father Christmas didn't visit Wales according to the missile and Santa watching agency NORAD. I asked last Christmas: Have the children of Wales been particularly naughty this year? If so the Assembly must do its utmost to ensure that the children of Wales are better behaved next year so that Santa doesn't ignore our country again! If our children have