Martin Shipton
@shiptonmartin
Associate Editor Nation.Cymru. All my own opinions, except for those that aren't.
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Proposals have been published for the new super-constituencies that will be used to elect the expanded Senedd of 96 Members in 2026 ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/proposed-…
An advocate for vulnerable people who claims she was sacked for raising concerns about the way clients were treated says a gap in the law that can make safeguarding impossible to enforce needs to be plugged ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/whistlebl…
The Welsh Government is reviewing how it came to award a research contract related to sexuality and gender to a firm whose director had been jailed after admitting three charges of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-N8c
Campaigners seeking justice for mothers and babies whose health has been damaged at a failing hospital maternity unit say they are shocked that South Wales Police won’t launch a full-scale criminal inquiry into their concerns ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-N8t
The Welsh Government is reviewing how it came to award a research contract related to sexuality and gender to a firm whose director had been jailed after admitting three charges of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/3TjbZKG
Pro Palestine campaigners have called on the Football Association of Wales to sever sponsorship ties with a global banking group that invests in Israel’s largest weapons firm ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/campaigne…
Campaigners seeking justice for mothers and babies whose health has been damaged at a failing hospital maternity unit say they are shocked that South Wales Police won’t launch a full-scale criminal inquiry into their concerns ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/3Z60x8S
The regulator Natural Resources Wales is to review a report on work carried out at a controversial landfill site before deciding whether it can resume accepting waste ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/regulator…
Pro Palestine campaigners have called on the Football Association of Wales to sever sponsorship ties with a global banking group that invests in Israel’s largest weapons firm ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/campaigne…
Campaigners have accused the Welsh Government of committing a democratic outrage by allowing work to start on a controversial new cancer hospital before the Full Business Case has been approved ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/4eeecyL
The regulator Natural Resources Wales is to review a report on work carried out at a controversial landfill site before deciding whether it can resume accepting waste ✍️ Martin Shipton buff.ly/3MwDBYG
A tip-off from a council employee has led to an allegation that a local authority has wasted more than £220,000 on refurbishing a building for no reason ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/council-a…
The former HR director at The Royal Mint has won an employment tribunal case after not being allowed to rescind the resignation she submitted impulsively as a result of her ADHD condition ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/47ozt6P
Good to see that this story was just put on ice for a month or so while everyone had a holiday. Martin Shipton back on the case. nation.cymru/news/regulator…
A tip-off from a council employee has led to an allegation that a local authority has wasted more than £220,000 on refurbishing a building for no reason ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/3z9Pb9e
The Welsh Government has scrapped a research contract relating to sexuality and gender after NationCymru revealed the firm’s director had been jailed after admitting charges of sexual activity with a child while in a position of trust ✍️Martin Shipton nation.cymru/news/welsh-gov…
On BBC Radio Wales 'Sunday Supplement' 8-9am with Vaughan Roderick Holiday homes, winter fuel payments, Green Party conf & more Dafydd Meurig & Sergi Forcada Martin Shipton & George Parker Mitch Robertson Anthony Slaughter James Hawes Ruth Jones MP Glynn Pegler FMA bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…
Opponents of a controversial company that plans to build a network of wind farms across Wales are not climate change-denying Nimbys but defenders of rural Wales and its economy, says leading campaigner. ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-Nip
‘I don’t think many people believe that we have a Senedd full of Wales’ brightest and best. 'Nor am I anywhere near being convinced that the calibre will improve once the number of MSs elected shoots up from 60 to 96’ ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/4cVQu9F