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BBC News
12-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
S4C: Delyth Evans confirmed as Welsh-language channel's chairwoman
A new boss at a TV channel hit by a bullying scandal has been confirmed by the UK Labour politician Delyth Evans has taken over as chairwoman of S4C, replacing former Tory MP Guto Bebb, who spent 12 months as interim started the role on 1 May after being appointed by Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa joins S4C after a tumultuous period that saw former chief executive Sian Doyle sacked in November 2023 after claims of a toxic and bullying culture at the channel, followed by Evans' predecessor Rhodri Williams telling the UK government he did not want a second term in charge. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport also announced the appointment of five new members to the S4C board - Dr Gwenllian Lansdown Davies, Dyfrig Davies, Wyn Innes, Betsan Powys and Catryn politics, Evans was a journalist at ITV-broadcaster HTV Wales, working on current affairs programme Y Byd ar Bedwar for later worked as a reporter for the World at One and PM for BBC Radio 4 before representing Mid and West Wales in the then-National Assembly for Wales from 2000 to her stint in politics she was chief executive of Smart Works, a women's employment charity, and is a board member at Sport Wales.S4C chief executive Geraint Evans said: "Delyth brings a wealth of leadership and governance experience as well as a passion for seeing the Welsh language flourish in every corner the country."I, along with the rest of the S4C team, am eagerly looking forward to working with Delyth as we begin a new chapter in our history."Choosing the job is the responsibility of the UK government, which was accused of risking "public trust in Welsh media" by a senior Welsh Conservative.
BBC News
13-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Farming: 'New formula will cut funding for Welsh farmers'
It is "nonsense" to base funding support for farmers on population figures because Wales has more farms than England per capita, a union has funded via the European Union on a needs basis, the move to a new formula will see funding rolled in to the Welsh government's budget - which will be allocated according to population. Guto Bebb, the Farmers' Union of Wales (FUW)'s chief executive, also called the move "concerning".The UK Treasury said Wales would receive an "above population" settlement in 2025-26, while the Welsh government said the budget would provide Welsh agriculture with "significantly more funding" than that provided in 2024-25. Speaking on BBC Radio Wales Sunday Supplement, Mr Bebb said: "This latest decision is very concerning because if there is any future increase in farm funding, Wales will be allocated a population based 5.2% rather than the needs based that we previously had."According to the FUW, this will mean a reduction from 9.2% to 5.2%. The new rule on moving to the Barnett formula was announced in last October's UK Budget. Under Barnett, the Welsh government receives about 5% of spending increases on matters in England, such as health and education, that ministers in Cardiff are responsible for in Bebb said it was imperative that farming unions and farming communities make sure that the Welsh government is aware of the need to carry on supporting a "crucial part of the rural economy" in Wales. In February, First Minister Eluned Morgan said the UK change to future funding support rules for Welsh agriculture was of "huge concern" as the move to a funding formula could see Wales losing out. Addressing the Welsh Affairs Committee at Westminster, she said: "If you just do a Barnett consequential, you're talking about a 5% [increase] whereas, actually, when it comes to agriculture we should be significantly higher than Welsh Government said it welcomed the "full discretion" over the level of agricultural support it can provide, due to an agreement with the UK government. "It has long been our position that funding should be based on need and the Barnett formula only partially recognises the additional spending needs we have in Wales in a number of areas, including agriculture."Our budget provides over £366m for agricultural support this year.""This is significantly more than was provided in 2024-25, the final year in which farm funding was ringfenced by the UK government."An HM Treasury Spokesperson said: "At the Budget, the Chancellor announced the largest real-terms settlements for the devolved governments since devolution."The Welsh government is receiving over 20% more per person than equivalent UK government spending in England, that translates into over £4bn more in 2025-26. "We have baselined the full amount of agricultural funding provided to Wales in 2024-25 into the Welsh government's settlement in 2025-26, which is an above population share."
