Posts Tagged ‘cuts’

An ocean of clear red water

An ocean of clear red water

The Lib-Con coalition’s fears that Labour will regroup and rebuild from Wales are well founded. By showing an alternative to dogmatic cuts, an an insistence on maintaining vital investment, Labour can protect Wales and demonstrate the alternative to the rest of the UK

Welsh Conservative public spending priorities

Welsh Conservative public spending priorities

The Welsh Conservatives last week took the unexpected step of releasing details of how they would have costed Welsh Assembly Government spending. Here, their leader explains the logic behind their budget

Welsh Labour’s unpardonable folly

Welsh Labour’s unpardonable folly

The Westminster coalition isn’t anti-Welsh, as any sober examination of its record shows. By wrapping itself in this pseudo-nationalist rhetoric, Welsh Labour is abandoning its duty to come up with a credible UK-wide alternative to the Lib-Con programme

Cuts, crises and coalitions

Cuts, crises and coalitions

Savage Westminster cuts present an open goal for left-leaning parties going into the referendum and next year’s Assembly elections. Now they must grasp the nettle

We are more than ‘choosy customers’

We are more than ‘choosy customers’

Wales can no longer sit by and allow the Westminster Government to plunge us further into hardship. A special conference today aims to find some answers

Cutting our cloth

Cutting our cloth

How should the trade union movement respond to the coalition’s public spending cuts? As delegates meet for a special Wales TUC conference, General Secretary Martin Mansfield sets out the debate

Tackling poverty behind the scenes

Tackling poverty behind the scenes

Later today the Welsh Assembly Government tables next year’s budget for Wales – but cutting local authority budgets will put vital social justice projects in danger

Our commitment to the NHS in Wales

Our commitment to the NHS in Wales

When the Welsh Assembly Government publishes its budget today, the Welsh Conservatives will highlight why they believe health spending should be protected. Here, their Assembly Health Spokesperson explains why

Revving up our economic motor

Revving up our economic motor

The Welsh economy can grow and thrive – and we need only to look to the model of the Four Motor Regions of Europe to see how

A show of strength and solidarity

A show of strength and solidarity

The violence hogged the headlines, but the true story of Wednesday’s student demonstration was the coming together of a generation determined to defend a vital public service

Our channel, our culture, our jobs

Our channel, our culture, our jobs

Opposition to changes to S4/C continues to grow. Ahead of a rally tomorrow against the proposals at which Ieuan Wyn Jones will speak, the Heritage Minister outlines his way forward for the channel

Destination Unknown

Destination Unknown

The impact of the Comprehensive Spending Review on disabled people is harsh but can be mitigated, says Scope’s Director in Wales