John Osmond looks at the problems Welsh Labour will face in filling the gap that will be left when the First Minster steps down next September:
Making foreign policy relevant at home
David Milliband
On 16 October 2008 the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, addressed a joint meeting of the Institute of Welsh Affairs and Cardiff Business Club at the St. David’s Hotel, Cardiff. His speech, given at the height of the banking crisis dealt with the implications of the crisis, the lessons of global engagement and its relevance for Wales.
So why has she decided to stand down?
Lee Waters, Sustrans Cymru Director: I was as surprised as anyone. The night before she told her constituency party that
Welsh funds
James Foreman-Peck, Cardiff Business School: Yesterday saw the creation of an Assembly Government Commission to recommend how Wales’ Government should
Cardiff Council’s drive to destock
Peter Finch, Chief Executive of Academi: Is the decision by Cardiff Council to auction off some of its ancient and
Edwina Hart’s Welsh NHS
Marcus Longley asks whether the latest NHS reorganisation embodies Ministerial interference, or proper democratic control:
Assembly Bwletin Cynulliad October 2008
October 2008: Assembly Plaid Leader Blasts UK Government Jones takes a swipe at Labour in London – No change in NHS drugs growth rate 20 prescriptions per head in Wales – Assembly’s Presiding Officer takes on committee Argument over the speed of Welsh laws.
Welsh democracy without ITV
Geraint Talfan Davies, IWA Chair: The more you look at Ofcom’s proposals for reducing ITV’s programming for the nations and
Welsh democracy without ITV – Grade’s endgame
The more you look at Ofcom’s proposals for reducing ITV’s programming for the nations and the regions of the UK,