Posts Tagged ‘Welsh Assembly Government’

The Welsh re-Development Agency

The Welsh re-Development Agency

A former WDA documents his ongoing dismay at subsuming a once-dynamic agency into government, and his struggles to re-establish its name

Bring on the meritocracy

Bring on the meritocracy

A civil service based on merit? Surely not

Closer to shattering the glass ceiling

Closer to shattering the glass ceiling

What does the Assembly election and the formation of the new Welsh Government say about the role of women in our democracy?

Protecting the vulnerable

Protecting the vulnerable

What might the mooted Social Care Act look like?

It’s not all doom and gloom

It’s not all doom and gloom

Plaid Cymru has come in for a lot of scrutiny since the election. Much of it is ill-deserved, as the party has achieved its main goals

One size doesn’t fit

One size doesn’t fit

Today is the first meeting of the new Assembly and the Director of the Bevan Foundation has some hard words on equality to share

Cruising, not take off

Cruising, not take off

Airports are major engines for any economy. So why is the Welsh Assembly Government acting like a parish council and ignoring air flight in favour of bus services? Time for a change

A week to change the game that won’t change

A week to change the game that won’t change

There’s a little over a week to go, and my instincts tell me Labour is heading into majority territory

Elephant in the room: time for civil service reform

Elephant in the room: time for civil service reform

The referendum may have provided a major step forward in devolved political governance for Wales, but unless this is allied with reform of the Welsh Civil Service, whoever forms the new Government after the May elections will still face difficulties in implementing the programme for which they will have been elected

No more Mr Nice Guy

No more Mr Nice Guy

This week has been ground breaking in terms of the relationship between central and local government in Wales – and says much about the tone to come

Their Failure – Our Choice

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

Far from poor

Far from poor

Martin Shipton’s chronicle of the first 10 years of the National Assembly is as timely as it is readable, since its central contention is that without primary law making powers the Assembly will never reach its proper potential