Live updates as Welsh Government set to announce changes to 20mph speed limit

Wales' transport minister will today give a statement outlining planned changes to Wales' default 20mph speed limit. Ken Skates is due to speak to the Senedd this afternoon which is expected to detail a review promised by the new First Minister into the controversial law.

He has already hinted the statement will involve announcing that 20mph is "truly targeted" but there are questions about whether that will mean widespread changes or tweaks. "Changes will be done with and for the communities that we all serve, with the voice of citizens right at the heart of all we do," he said in the Senedd chamber last week. You can read his words in full here.

Mr Skates' statement is titled "Priorities for transport: Listening, partnership, making change" and is expected to start at around 4.45pm.

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The 20mph default speed limit came into force in Wales on September 17 and was hugely controversial. There has been vocal opposition in the Senedd from the Conservative group, and a petition opposing the law garnered the highest number of signatures in Senedd history, with more than 450,000 signing it within the six month period it was open.

Both the previous administration under Mark Drakeford, and Vaughan Gething's government, said they would review the process, hinting it would be more about the guidance given to councils - which choose the roads - rather than any wholesale change. Ahead of today's announcement, there has been calls from one side of the debate to stick to the policy to save lives and make Wales a healthier, safer country, and the other has said change is necessary.

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