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  1. Councils warn £6.4bn Welsh Government funding plan still leaves schools and care services under pressure

    The provisional figures, published today, promise an average 2.7% increase in funding for local authorities, with a guaranteed minimum uplift of 2.3%. Newport receives the largest rise at 4.3%, reflecting growth in its school‑age population. But the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) says the overall £169m cash increase falls far short of the £560m shortfall councils expect to face next year.

    Education and social care at the sharp end

    Education already accounts for nearly 40% of council spending in Wales, and the strain is visible locally. Carmarthenshire, which will receive £384.8m next year — up £8.9m, or 2.3% — has embarked on a programme of school closures and mergers in recent years, citing rising costs and falling pupil numbers.

    Swansea, meanwhile, will receive £494.1m, an increase of £16.1m, also at the minimum 2.3% uplift. Neither council has yet commented publicly on the draft settlement, but WLGA modelling suggests that even a 3% increase would still leave councils hundreds of millions short, raising the prospect of further cuts or tax hikes across Wales.

    Leaders warn of structural pressures

    WLGA Labour Group Leader Andrew Morgan OBE said the settlement “offers a degree of stability” but warned that “social care, homelessness, education and workforce costs continue to rise faster than resources can keep up.”

    Independent Group Leader Mark Pritchard described the gap between demand and resources as “untenable,” warning redundancies would be inevitable without additional support. Plaid Cymru’s Gary Pritchard said many councils were already operating at the limits of what is safe or sustainable, and called for reform of the funding formula. Liberal Democrat Group Leader Jake Berriman added that rural and semi‑rural areas face higher delivery costs that a flat percentage uplift “simply doesn’t reflect.”

    Political pressure mounts

    Plaid Cymru’s Heledd Fychan MS warned the settlement could lead to “council tax increases of 22% or 14,000 job losses,” while Welsh Conservative shadow local government secretary Joel James said the figures showed the need for “fundamental change” to the funding system.

    The Welsh Government said the draft budget marked only the start of negotiations. Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government Jayne Bryant said the settlement was designed to give councils “the stability they need to set budgets which protect and deliver core frontline services.” Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford added that ministers would work closely with councils and opposition parties to ensure the final budget “safeguards jobs and protects frontline services.”

    The final settlement is expected in January following consultation and Senedd negotiations.

    #budget #cllrAndrewMorgan #councilBudget #councilTax #garyPritchard #heleddFychanMs #jakeBerriman #markDrakeford #markPritchard #welshGovernment #welshLocalGovermentAssociation #wlga

  2. No había escuchado el disco de Thom Yorke con Mark Pritchard. La verdad es que no conozco el trabajo de Pritchard, pero esto anda bastante bien. Música electrónica y ambiental con el sello bien marcado de Yorke a ratos.

    «Tall Tales»
    open.spotify.com/album/6KIRln7

    #ThomYorke #MarkPritchard #TallTales #AlbumReleases #rel2025 #Musica

  3. Patrick Lawrence: Waves Upon the Sea of Silence
    consortiumnews.com/2025/05/20/
    Those who purport to lead and speak for the Western world seem to be breaking their disgraceful silence 18 months after the onset of the Zionist state’s primitive savagery. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost A couple of weeks after Israel began…
    #Politics #Commentary #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Media #Palestine #U.s. #U.s.StateDepartment #UnitedKingdon #UnitedNations #GazaBlockade #GazaHumanitarianFoundation #JosepBorrell #MarkPritchard #OmarElAkkad #PatrickLawrence #TheEconomist #TheFinancialTimes #TheNewYorkTimes #TomFletcher #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio

  4. Patrick Lawrence: Waves Upon the Sea of Silence
    consortiumnews.com/2025/05/20/
    Those who purport to lead and speak for the Western world seem to be breaking their disgraceful silence 18 months after the onset of the Zionist state’s primitive savagery. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost A couple of weeks after Israel began…
    #Politics #Commentary #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Media #Palestine #U.s. #U.s.StateDepartment #UnitedKingdon #UnitedNations #GazaBlockade #GazaHumanitarianFoundation #JosepBorrell #MarkPritchard #OmarElAkkad #PatrickLawrence #TheEconomist #TheFinancialTimes #TheNewYorkTimes #TomFletcher #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio

  5. Patrick Lawrence: Waves Upon the Sea of Silence
    consortiumnews.com/2025/05/20/
    Those who purport to lead and speak for the Western world seem to be breaking their disgraceful silence 18 months after the onset of the Zionist state’s primitive savagery. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost A couple of weeks after Israel began…
    #Politics #Commentary #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Media #Palestine #U.s. #U.s.StateDepartment #UnitedKingdon #UnitedNations #GazaBlockade #GazaHumanitarianFoundation #JosepBorrell #MarkPritchard #OmarElAkkad #PatrickLawrence #TheEconomist #TheFinancialTimes #TheNewYorkTimes #TomFletcher #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio

  6. Patrick Lawrence: Waves Upon the Sea of Silence
    consortiumnews.com/2025/05/20/
    Those who purport to lead and speak for the Western world seem to be breaking their disgraceful silence 18 months after the onset of the Zionist state’s primitive savagery. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost A couple of weeks after Israel began…
    #Politics #Commentary #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Media #Palestine #U.s. #U.s.StateDepartment #UnitedKingdon #UnitedNations #GazaBlockade #GazaHumanitarianFoundation #JosepBorrell #MarkPritchard #OmarElAkkad #PatrickLawrence #TheEconomist #TheFinancialTimes #TheNewYorkTimes #TomFletcher #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMarcoRubio

  7. 'I got it wrong': [UK] Conservative MP 'withdraws' support for Israel over war in Gaza - Politics.co.uk (2025-05-06)

    politics.co.uk/parliament/i-go
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    >> Mark Pritchard, the MP for The Wrekin since 2005, noted that over twenty years as a parliamentarian he had supported Israel “pretty much at all costs.”

    >> “But today, I want to say that I got it wrong and I condemn Israel for what it is doing to the Palestinian people in Gaza and indeed in the West Bank, and I’d like to withdraw my support right now for the actions of Israel, what they are doing right now in Gaza…

    >> “Can the minister stand up to our friends and allies in the United States and make a strong stand for humanity? ...”

    >> The minister on duty commended Pritchard for his “very powerful intervention”, adding: “I hear his words and I feel their force”.

    #UKPol #MarkPritchard
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  8. wacoca.com/media/283768/ Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke(マーク・プリチャード&トム・ヨーク)『TALL TALES』名門〈WARP RECORDS〉から放たれるコラボレーション・アルバム #CD #DVD #MarkPritchard&ThomYorke(マーク・プリチャード&トム・ヨーク)『TALLTALES』名門〈WARPRECORDS〉から放たれるコラボレーション・アルバム #music #オンラインショッピング #タワーレコード #タワーレコードオンライン #タワレコ #音楽

  9. À peine un mois après avoir dévoilé un nouveau titre collaboratif, Thom Yorke (Radiohead, The Smile) et Mark Pritchard annoncent l'arrivée d'un album chez Warp Records. Un nouvel extrait s'écoute via son clip : mowno.com/news/infos/thom-york
    📸 Pierre Toussaint
    #thomyorke #markpritchard #talltales #newsingle #nowplaying #nowlistening

  10. Completely missed this at the time but really enjoying #MarkPritchard - The Four Worlds; restrained, gently eerie, #ambient figures wound around some unlikely collaborations. Recommended for times like these when I’ve had no sleep & the world outside seems impossibly huge. #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalCommunications

  11. Completely missed this at the time but really enjoying #MarkPritchard - The Four Worlds; restrained, gently eerie, #ambient figures wound around some unlikely collaborations. Recommended for times like these when I’ve had no sleep & the world outside seems impossibly huge. #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalCommunications

  12. Completely missed this at the time but really enjoying #MarkPritchard - The Four Worlds; restrained, gently eerie, #ambient figures wound around some unlikely collaborations. Recommended for times like these when I’ve had no sleep & the world outside seems impossibly huge. #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalCommunications