Jake Smith

Welsh policy and public affairs. Social care. Former Public Affairs Cymru Chair.

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

Labour victory in additional learning needs vote as Plaid lose in Senedd again https://t.co/ySlGxwKadq

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

More broadly while some will disagree with the solution, this is a good example of govt demonstrating politics of can and politics of control - there’s a problem, one that vast majority of public worry about; they want govt help, govt is showing it can help and acting.

[Carers Wales @CarersWales]

Our Jake Smith considers the kind of support that unpaid carers need to carry on keeping their loved ones safe and cared-for while saving public services billions of pounds.

You can read it here 👉
https://t.co/mscWsp7xiw

[Jake Smith @JakeSmithCDF]

My article in the @IWA_Wales today shares the progress we have made working directly with social workers on the front line of social services, and sets out the steps local services and the next Senedd must take to rethink social care in Wales.

https://t.co/uL2IJwmCpF

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Our First Welsh MRP estimates Plaid as the largest party in the Senedd

🌼Plaid Cymru 30 seats
➡️Reform UK 28 seats
🌹Labour 24 seats
🌳Conservatives 7 seats
💚Greens 4 seats
🔶Liberal Democrats 3 seats

[Paul Nowak @nowak_paul]

Today millions will get sick pay for the first time, and from day one

Paternity leave from day one

Ending the two-child benefit cap will lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty.

Union campaigning & a Labour government making a difference.

Progress made. More needed.

[BBC Wales News @BBCWalesNews]

Mum who gave up job to care for disabled daughter 'can't afford to eat breakfast' https://t.co/bktVxvBMyy

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Seat projection from the same voting intention. Reform UK and Plaid Cymru are tied on seats, with Labour close behind.
➡️ REF UK 28
🌼 PLAID 28
🌹 LAB 26
🌳 CON 7
🌍 GREEN 5
🔶 LIB DEM 2

[Welsh Government Transport @WGTransport]

Welcome news today!

@GOVUK back our plans and ambition for transforming rail services in Wales🚆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Read more here⤵️
https://t.co/gqy81DeAkk

@transportgovuk @Transport_Wales

[Wales Office @WalesOffice]

Seven new stations. 12,000 jobs supported. Generational commitment to Welsh rail funding.

After years of underinvestment we're getting Wales moving again – working hand in hand with @WelshGovernment to modernise Welsh rail 🚆

https://t.co/CIR09DwaNM

@transportgovuk

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

🚨BREAKING: Employment Rights Bill passes in the House of Lords and will become law.

This is an historic day for working people across the country, and the trade unions who represent them.

Some of the watershed measures this Bill delivers:
➡️ Banning exploitative zero hours contracts
➡️ Sick pay for all from day one
➡️ Expanding paternity, parental and bereavement leave
➡️ Strengthening protections for pregnant women, whistle-blowers and victims of sexual harassment
➡️ Making flexible working the default
➡️ Repealing Tory anti-union laws

Unions and workers have long campaigned for these vital rights.

Finally, working people will enjoy more security, better pay and dignity at work thanks to this Bill.

[Jake Smith @JakeSmithCDF]

Failures by Tory ministers and welfare officials led to carer’s allowance crisis, review finds -
Unpaid carers were pushed into debt and distress and hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money wasted

https://t.co/rW4OEdreS0

[Carers Wales @CarersWales]

Our Senior policy officer has written a piece on the @BevanFoundation website.

Find out what he has to say here: https://t.co/Y04Ww2qkQZ

[Jake Smith @JakeSmithCDF]

I’ve written for the @BevanFoundation about the deepening carer crisis in Wales.
The brand new findings of our State of Caring survey, the largest unpaid carer survey in Wales, sets out how worsening poverty is undermining the health and care system.

https://t.co/aG8ISLYOUF

[Carers Wales @CarersWales]

Do Senedd candidates care about unpaid carers?

Unpaid carers save Wales £10 billion a year.

Following months of direct engagement with carers across Wales, we’ve launched a manifesto for the next Welsh Government 👇

[Jake Smith @JakeSmithCDF]

We’ve launched our manifesto for the 2026 Senedd election.

Senedd candidates must show they care about Wales’ unpaid carers.

This manifesto has been co-produced with carers across Wales and sets out how supporting unpaid carers would tackle the big issues facing Wales.

[Carers Wales @CarersWales]

Today we’re launching our manifesto for the 2026 Senedd election and we’re asking all parties seeking to form the next Welsh Government to Show Us You Care about unpaid carers. 📢 /1

[Carers Wales @CarersWales]

Today we’re launching our manifesto for the 2026 Senedd election and we’re asking all parties seeking to form the next Welsh Government to Show Us You Care about unpaid carers. 📢 /1

[Nation.Cymru @NationCymru]

The UK Government has announced new funding worth half a billion pounds to 'create jobs and grow productivity' across Wales
https://t.co/6F9Forw6bz

[Jake Smith @JakeSmithCDF]

Great night at the @PACymru annual dinner yesterday in St David’s hotel. Good to catch up with friends across policy in Wales.

[Jake Smith @JakeSmithCDF]

Join us tomorrow evening to discuss the future of social care in Wales with some brilliant speakers.

[Carers Wales @CarersWales]

Last calls for tickets to the Mary Webster Lecture!

Book your free tickets to see a brilliant line up of speakers and enjoy some drinks and nibbles to mark the Carers UK 60th Anniversary 👇

https://t.co/ggO1UqpIZ5