Eluned Morgan has welcomed more than half a billion pounds of new funding for health and social services in Wales to deal with coronavirus.

New research from the Sutton Trust has revealed that most disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds are ‘locked out’ of crucial early years education.

The government has set out plans to elevate its Family Hubs programme, backed by £20 million of new funding.
The scheme will support councils to set up new Family Hubs in up to 10 new areas, offering families, children and young people somewhere to access a range of support services, which can include early education and childcare, mental health support, meetings with health visitors or attending parenting classes, counselling or advice for victims of domestic abuse.

Local leaders in Suffolk have welcomed early discussions with the government about a possible devolution deal for the region.
The government wrote to councils in July 2021, setting out its ambition to make available to county areas the kind of devolved decision-making powers and public funding currently enjoyed by larger cities and urban areas.

The government has said that thousands of Afghan women, children and others most in need will be welcomed to the UK.

An extra £570 million will be required in 2022 to prevent a further fall in spending per student in UK colleges and sixth forms.

An innovative scheme to collect and recycle facemasks, gloves and other PPE has been launched in Brighton & Hove.
Brighton and Hove Council has joined forces with recycling company Reworked to provide PPE recycling bins and hand sanitiser stations in busy areas of the city centre, including the popular SEA LIFE Centre, Komedia and i360.
It is believed that Brighton & Hove is the first city in the country to install the bins in public places.

Education unions have urged the government to take firm action to improve ventilation in schools to reduce further coronavirus disruption.

Labour has pledged new opportunities for young people to earn and learn with a plan to create 100,000 new apprenticeships.

The UK’s Hydrogen Strategy seeks to use low carbon hydrogen to replace natural gas in powering around three million UK homes each year.