QUOTES OF THE DAY

“The tragic death of Awaab Ishak has rightly shocked people across the country. This is an appalling case of the utmost gravity and it is abhorrent that anyone should have to live in such conditions in Britain today”

Housing Secretary Michael Gove, in a letter to every English council leader and social housing provider warning that deaths like that of two-year-old Awaab Ishak must never be allowed to happen again. “When people think of Wales they wouldn’t necessarily see me, but the fact I’m here and I’ve been chosen to represent my country here shows how positively progressive we are. Wales allows anybody from anywhere to be empowered, and we’re here to drive that message across the world”

Former athlete Colin Jackson on being a Wales ambassador at the

World Cup in Qatar.

“The local government bodies have themselves asked us to delay because, obviously, they were concerned about such a major change at a time when, as a consequence of a pandemic, the market is under such pressure within the care system”

Health Secretary Steve Barclay defends the Government’s decision to push back long-promised social

care reforms to October 2025.