(Title Image: accessgranted.nz) January 2017 started with Theresa May announcing that the UK will leave the EU single market and customs union (aka. Hard Brexit). The UK Government later lost a case in the Supreme…
Best of the Blogs #13: The Dragon has…
(Title Image: Institute of Welsh Affairs) I'm going to do something unusual and dedicate this final "Best of the Blogs" of 2017 to one site. Wales in the Movies (Youtube, Twitter) planned to upload the…
Senedd Bites #13: AM set to quit?
(Title Image: BBC Wales) Gill to Go? Rumours started circulating earlier this week amongst multiple sources that former UKIP leader in Wales, Nathan Gill AM (Ind, North Wales), was making preparations to resign his Assembly…
Cashing in on the Metro?
(Title Image: BBC Wales) The Issue Following on from yesterday's statement by the Economy Secretary on the Welsh Government's transport strategy, backbench AMs used the final member's debate slot of the year to outline their…
Welsh Government transport plan update receives frosty reception
(Title Image: nwrail.org.uk) Most of the fanfare (in terms of economic announcements) yesterday went towards the Welsh Government's new economic strategy – overshadowed by news that Welsh unemployment is again above the UK average less…
AMs pass law on special needs
(Title Image: Northampton College) AMs approved another Welsh law yesterday, with the passing of the Additional Learning Needs Bill. Education Secretary, Kirsty Williams (Lib Dem, Brecon & Radnor), accepted that the Bill "was a long…
FMQs: Homelessness, Bullying & Windfarms
Darren Millar: "I asked the bullying questions at Carl's request" Darren Millar AM (Con, Clwyd West) – whose written questions on bullying in October/November 2014 have been at the heart of the debate over the…
Five things we learned about loneliness and isolation…
(Title Image: National Assembly of Wales) Health & Social Care Committee Loneliness & Isolation (pdf) Published: 7th December 2017 Chair's Statement, Dr Dai Lloyd AM (Plaid, South Wales West): "Loneliness and isolation is something that…
Bigger, Balanced….Bloated?: Four Key Reforms to the National…
(Title Image: Expert Panel on Electoral Reform) Expert Panel on Assembly Electoral Reform A Parliament that works for Wales (summary – pdf; full report - pdf) Published: 12th December 2017 Chair's Statement, Prof. Laura McAllister:…
FOI Reveals: Only a quarter of first-year medical…
(Title Image: BBC Wales) A Freedom of Information request to the Welsh Government (dated 4th December) revealed that at the start of the 2016-17 academic year, just 24.6% of the new intake of first-year medical…