The Welsh Secretary has launched an attack on Labour's handling of the education system here in Wales. Stephen Crabb said it was 'a much bigger scandal' than the NHS, which itself has been heavily criticised by the Conservatives in the run up to the general election.
The Welsh Secretary has launched an attack on Labour's education record in Wales saying it's a 'much bigger scandal' than its handling of the health service.
Conservative MP Stephen Crabb made the comments in an interview with The Sunday Times.
He added that parents in England have 'good reason to feel very concerned' if the Labour party come into power in Westminster after the general election.
A spokesman for the Education Minister in Wales, Huw Lewis said standards are on the up and criticised the Tory party for putting Welsh teachers and pupils 'in the firing line'.
In October, the Welsh Government dropped its target to be in the top 20 places of international education league tables by next year.
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Rain clipping the far north through the evening but elsewhere staying dry with some sunny spells.
Public Health Wales figures show 25 more cases of the virus have also been confirmed.
Photos taken on Saturday morning show Roald Dahl Plass strewn with empty beer bottles and discarded canisters of laughing gas.