John Osmond enters into a debate with Conservative AM David Melding’s advocacy of federalism as a solution to Britain’s constitutional instability
What the Holtham Commission’s interim report means
Eurfyl ap Gwilym examines the interim report from the Holtham Commission on funding Welsh devolved government:
Devolution fog
Michelle Matheron describes a project to help engagement with devolution in Wales:
Welsh spending faces £2.2 billion cut between 2011 and 2014
A new analysis of the UK 2009 Budget shows that for the first time since the founding of the National Assembly in 1999, there will be real terms cuts in public expenditure in Wales.
Why Calman Report could bring Salmond and Cameron together
Iain Macwhirter assesses the importance of the recent Calaman report into the funding the Scottish Parliament:
Welsh taxes
The Assembly would be obliged to welcome tax powers, if Scotland’s are extended, says Professor James Foreman-Peck:
Living with a ‘Decisive Change of Direction’
John Osmond provides a commentary on the outcome of the European elections in Wales
Television’s Crisis in Wales
Leading figures from Welsh cultural and political life, including the Archbishop of Wales, the National Poet for Wales, and the opera singer Bryn Terfel, have signed an open letter to the UK Government calling for a restoration of £25m a year they say is being lost to English language television in Wales.
A Welsh process and a Scottish event
Reviewing the devolution decade so far had been a common activity among political observers until the all-consuming MPs’ expenses row