Ann Jones was elected to the National Assemblyfor Wales in May 1999 for the Vale of Clwyd. Ann is Chair of the Assembly’s All Party Group on Deaf Issues and is a member of the liaison committee between the National Assembly Labour Party and the Welsh Parliamentary Labour Party. She is currently the Chair of the Equality of Opportunity Committee and also sits on the Health, Wellbeing and Local Government Committee, the Finance Committee and Legislation Committee No.1. Her political interests include education, tourism, community safety, regeneration, social policy and the emergency services.

Their Failure – Our Choice

The Welsh Assembly Government can do something about the behaviour of bankers – is should make the ethical switch from Barclays to the Co-op

A burden that won’t pay

The ConDem VAT hike will hit the poorest hardest, and it is rooted in the worst kind of Tory dogma

Bring the pupils back to school – to teach

Pupils don’t just learn from teachers – they learn from mentors, too. And others who have passed through their schools have newly-acquired professional experience that can bring the workplace alive in classrooms