…see power redistributed back to our communities. We also need communities of place which are welcoming for those from diverse backgrounds and with protected characteristics. We believe all communities should…
The Big Questions: Welsh Places
…Tax and investigate changes to the funding of local government, and introduce a Community Empowerment Act to give power back to communities. Big Question 2: Community Funding Often communities who…
Towards a Gender Equal Wales
…support these recommendations and commit to taking action to deliver a gender equal Wales if they are elected in May. Our main ask is for the next Welsh Government to…
IWA Analysis: Does Cross Party Consensus Mean a Stronger Media for Wales?
…the idea, including an endorsement by the Senedd’s outgoing Culture, Welsh Language and Communications committee in their report on the Devolution of Broadcasting. There have also been supportive comments from…
The Big Questions: Media
…commercial radio and the decline of local newspapers. We will establish a Welsh Media Commission to review the current provision of Welsh news and information provision and to explore ways…
Media Priorities for the Next Senedd
…for a thriving media economy, which tells stories of Welsh life in all its diversity. The Senedd should: retain a committee with a remit over communications policy ensure this committee…
Senedd 2021 and Tax Part 2: What the Manifestos Have to Say
…the paradoxical promise to ’empower local communities’ by imposing a council tax freeze on local government. ‘Emasculate local communities’ would have been a more apt heading for that particular section….
One Wales Two: Are Labour and Plaid’s Manifestos on the Same Page?
…the establishment of a Community Bank for Wales. Plaid state that they will support the creation of a Community Bank to help domestically owned businesses grow their market share, help…
Roads to Nowhere?
…change in the political commitment to renewable energy over the five years since the last Senedd elections. There are some welcome common themes in the party’s responses to the challenge…