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		<title>The Anglesey Angle</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/07/the-anglesey-angle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daran Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Hearth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anglesey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Sargeant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A FEW months ago I wrote a column which put Anglesey Council centre stage and reflected on the problems there. Anyone who has followed any of the shenanigans in Wales&#8217;s most dysfunctional Council will surely have breathed a huge sigh of relief when a new alliance was formed to run the Council last month. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whatever happened to the idea of making every school a great school?</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/06/whatever-happened-to-the-idea-of-making-every-school-a-great-school/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/06/whatever-happened-to-the-idea-of-making-every-school-a-great-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Morgan AM</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardiff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh Language]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[School reorganisation in Cardiff isn't just about Welsh medium provision in Cardiff West: there's a much bigger picture here and one in which the Council must listen and the Assembly Government respect]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;The need to work together has become the purpose &#8211; not just a process&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/06/the-need-to-work-together-has-become-the-purpose-not-just-a-process/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/06/the-need-to-work-together-has-become-the-purpose-not-just-a-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Sargeant AM</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Truths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=11683</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday the new Welsh Local Government Minister addressed the Welsh Local Government Association conference in Llandudno - and he didn't pull a punch. Here's a transcript of perhaps the most significant speech in Welsh politics in the last week]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>A perfect storm that Wales cannot weather</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/a-perfect-storm-that-wales-cannot-weather/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/a-perfect-storm-that-wales-cannot-weather/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Titherington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[councils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local authorities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low pay]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=9573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the biggest public service cuts in a generation threatened by both main parties, the danger to Wales is immense. Why haven't those at the heart of the impending disaster been brought to book?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Funding local government: common problems, radical solutions</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/funding-local-government-common-problems-radical-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/funding-local-government-common-problems-radical-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Black AM</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public spending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taxation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=9338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With predictions that up to a third of local government jobs may go, now is not the time to micro-manage local government or to forget the importance of local accountability and decision making]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>We can&#8217;t afford to cut the public sector</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/we-cant-afford-to-cut-the-public-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/04/we-cant-afford-to-cut-the-public-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul O'Shea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=8989</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During a period of tight financial settlements, public services often become a scapegoat or an easy target for cuts and so-called efficiency savings. But cutting public services now could do the economy more damage and lead to another recession]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>An active state must play pushy parent to children in care</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/who-cares-building-a-bridge-from-care-into-adult-life/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/who-cares-building-a-bridge-from-care-into-adult-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Sinclair AM</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young people]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=8652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a parent your responsibility for your children doesn't end when they get to eighteen - so why do we not apply the same standards to children in care?  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leave the politics to us, love</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/leave-the-politics-to-us-love/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/leave-the-politics-to-us-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Duncan Higgitt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bethan Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candidate selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Women's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=7996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing our International Women's Day coverage, why doesn't politics practice what it preaches, and could there be a better time than now to address the gender imbalance on our local authorities?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trust the people: time to devolve from the Assembly</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/trust-the-people-time-to-devolve-from-the-assembly/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/03/trust-the-people-time-to-devolve-from-the-assembly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Black AM</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constitutional reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Black AM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Welsh Liberal Democrats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=8285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Instead of national politicians treating local government as scapegoats and indulging in blame games, it's time for a new era of proper partnership which trusts local democracy to deliver]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Anglesey: An island unto itself</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/anglesey-an-island-unto-itself/</link>
		<comments>http://waleshome.org/2010/02/anglesey-an-island-unto-itself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daran Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anglesey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Sargeant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://waleshome.org/?p=8066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The local government minister yesterday issued one of the most strongly-worded calls for reform ever issued by the Welsh Government, aimed at the continually troublesome Anglesey Council. Is there anything in its past to suggest it will take heed?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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