The draft royal decree, shown to unions on 20 Oct, still needs State School Council and Council of State reports before the 29 November election. It gives Asturias the specialism Minister Milagros Tolón promised in July.
The statutory regulator that enforces Welsh language standards loses its head mid-term, leaving an interim deputy in charge while the office is pressing the BBC over cuts to Welsh-language output.
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