(Title Image: Chapter Arts Centre) Welsh Conservatives rally to back Swansea tidal lagoon The Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd (and outside) have sent a unified message to the UK Government that they should back the…
Best of the Blogs #4: Vulgar Displays of…
(Title Image: Carmarthen Planning via Twitter) Carmarthen Planning makes a useful comparison between the attitude towards unlawful payments in the Republic of Ireland and the Democratic People's Republic of Carmarthenshire. Nation.Cymru's Ifan Morgan Jones asks…
Carbon Accounts: The “credit card” that could save…
(Title Image: treehugger.com) The Issue The 2015 Paris Agreement set an aim for all of the world's countries to cap a global rise in temperature to 1.5-2°C above pre-industrial levels, which is believed would be…
The Talking Point: Stage set for final laps…
(Title Image: Welsh Government via BBC Wales) A public inquiry into the highly-controversial £1billion Newport M4 bypass is still ongoing, but it's been clear from the start that the Welsh Government are resolute in their…
Bovine TB: Hope new measures will stamp out…
(Title Image: The Guardian) A new approach to tackling the spread of Bovine TB was launched in Wales on October 1st. Environment & Rural Affairs Secretary, Lesley Griffiths (Lab, Wrexham), provided AMs with an update…
Sport Wales expected to do more for the…
(Title Image: Wales Online) After a tumultuous few months for Sport Wales – the body responsible for funding sports organisations in the country to the tune of £22million a year – the Senedd got to…
Draft 2018-19 Welsh Budget: Where’s your money going?
(Title Image: BBC Wales) Spending & Borrowing Plans As you can see, the big losers are the Environment & Rural Affairs and Economy & Infrastructure departments, seeing cuts to both revenue (day-to-day) and capital (one-off/project)…
FMQs: Rough Sleepers, Science Skills & Gullible Children
In an attempt to be less dry – I can only work with the material at hand – I've decided to make things a little more theatrical. Each of the questions/contributions will now be given…
Giving the public watchdog more bite
Public Services Ombudsman Bill Introduced by Finance Committee Bill (pdf) Explanatory Memorandum (pdf) Why? The Public Services Ombudsman – a post created in 2005 - is the public office responsible for handling complaints from members…