…2022 conference unanimously backed a motion in favour of increasing the size of the Senedd to between 80 to 100 members. This vote is a huge step forward for the…
Editorial – Upgrading Work for the 21st Century
…faced with the prospect of retraining or underemployment? What about those who were and remain subject to pressures, formal and informal, to come to their workplace in the face of…
Review: The Dossier: Miscarriages of Justice in South Wales 1982-2016
…gender may be lost on an audience without a good working knowledge of Cardiff, its different communities, and its demography. For example, race and class is a lit match to…
Valuing Local Democracy
…attracting candidates for this essential role. The Future Generations Commissioner’s desire for A More Equal Wales provided inspiration in our work, as did Welsh Government’s ongoing commitment to equality and…
The IWA Gives Evidence to the Senedd Committee Inquiry into Renewable Energy in Wales
On Thursday 3 March 2022, our Policy and External Affairs Manager Will Henson gave evidence to the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee on renewable energy. The exchange built on…
How COVID has connected Wales to West Africa
…his community – he began to run his own COVID training sessions in the local language. He even became one of the first members of his community to get the…
Wide Press Coverage for the IWA’s Proposals for Community Empowerment Reforms
Polly Thomas. We are delighted that our latest report, Our Land: Community and Land Use, has received widespread coverage, including on national radio and television. On 13 February, Harry Thompson…
How to plant 300 million trees
…company which can tap the resource of financial markets as a private borrower. The complication is that (from the UK Treasury’s point of view) the public interest company has to…
Tales of a Changing Landscape
…Commission’s work. Certainly many locals openly express a preference for deciduous trees and open mountainsides and speak of the loss of favourite walking routes. Members of the community who were…