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Questions keep being asked, but answers aren’t being given

Questions keep being asked, but answers aren’t being given

The Welsh Liberal Democrats put AWEMA centre stage in the Assembly this afternoon, and here one of their leading members explains why there are still significant questions to answer

Skills as well as schools

Skills as well as schools

Improving language skills are intrinsic to developing a fairer and more integrated society

Plaid Leadership Hustings Live Blog

Plaid Leadership Hustings Live Blog

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Blue book

Blue book

Nick Bourne’s political diaries were nearly a million words long. Here their editor explains how they have gone about turning an eleven year daily account into something that should add considerably to the public knowledge of Welsh politics

A closer look

A closer look

The third sector in Wales as a whole risks being tarnished by the AWEMA crisis. But it deserves a closer look, to examine what it really deliver, rather than being damned with damaging rhetoric

No time to rest on our laurels

No time to rest on our laurels

As Welsh Labour’s biggest ever conference starts in Cardiff, one of its leading new Assembly Members explains why the event is important and what Labour’s renewed mission is

‘Make hope possible rather than despair convincing’

‘Make hope possible rather than despair convincing’

In the last of our look at Plaid’s leadership candidates, Bethan Jenkins AM argues that a Leanne Wood leadership would focus on economic change in Wales, and continue the party’s long traditions while appealing beyond its current membership

Elin recognises that there are no quick-fix solutions

Elin recognises that there are no quick-fix solutions

In the second of our Plaid leadership endorsements, Jocelyn Davies makes the case for her experienced Assembly colleague Elin Jones

A leader almost uniting Wales

A leader almost uniting Wales

In the first of three endorsement pieces on candidates for the Plaid Cymru leadership, the spotlight falls on the ever interesting Dafydd Elis Thomas

The Minister is on the wrong bus

The Minister is on the wrong bus

The Welsh Government’s recent announcement of a 25% cut in the funding it gives to bus operators to support fuel costs has been met with widespread criticism from the bus industry

AWEMA – a failure of governance

AWEMA – a failure of governance

The situation at Awema is perhaps the biggest scandal around the use of public money since devolution began and damages more than just the two people at the heart of the storm

An excuse to do nothing

An excuse to do nothing

The Welsh Government should be pushing harder for policing and justice powers to be devolved to Wales. So why isn’t it?