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  • AM WITHDRAWS FALSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MARK DRAKEFORD AM

    • December 19, 2016
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: Assembly News, Cardiff West News, News
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    Following strong pressure for him to correct the Assembly’s records, Plaid Cymru Assembly Member for South Wales Central and Cardiff Councillor Neil McEvoy has withdrawn recent comments made in the Senedd. Mr McEvoy had made allegations that Mark Drakeford had at one point taken three salaries: as a Minister in the Welsh Government, Assembly Member,

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  • Canton company praised by Minister for employing eight former Remploy workers

    • May 28, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: News
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    A Cardiff company that has gone the extra mile to employ disabled former Remploy workers has been praised by the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty Jeff Cuthbert. Dacey Orthotic Services, of Canton, is one of 90 companies in Wales who have helped former Remploy workers back into employment through the Welsh Government’s Employer Support

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  • Funding for Fairwater mobility classes

    • May 13, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: News
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    YogaMobility have been awarded £15,360 from the People’s Health Trust for their Healthy Living in Housing project. YogaMobility are based at the Sbectrwm Centre in Fairwater, and provide specialist yoga practice for people with all forms of physical and mental disability. They offer a powerful and dynamic approach that focuses on and encourages ability rather

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  • Mark backs local schools as they begin ‘Challenge Cymru’ journey

    • May 1, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: News
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    Cardiff West AM Mark Drakeford backed local schools – Cantonian High School, Glyn Derw High School and Michaelston Community College – after it was announced that they would be part of the Schools Challenge Cymru programme announced by the Welsh Labour Government on Thursday. Called Pathways to Success Schools, Education and Skills Minister Huw Lewis

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  • ‘Education Begins at Home’ Launched in Ely

    • April 30, 2014
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
    • Category: News
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    A major new campaign showing how parents can make a real difference to their children’s education has been launched by Education Minister Huw Lewis. The campaign, called Education Begins at Home, will encourage parents to get involved in their child’s education by showing them how little things can make a big difference. Things like waking

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