Posts Tagged ‘Welsh Assembly Government’
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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







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