John Osmond reports on a new IWA publication which challenges the Assembly Government’s ‘Progressive Consensus’
Assembly Bwletin Cynulliad November 2008
November 2008: Wales First Economic Summit: Seven point action plan revealed – The All Wales Convention: Who has a true voice? – Welsh Liberal Democrat Leadership Contest: A woman, but which woman? – Welsh NHS Reorganisation: Changes unveiled.
Regeneration after the crunch
Geraint Talfan Davies reports from the Wales Regeneration Summit.
The New Deal
Professor R. Ross Mackay argues that we should take a leaf out of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s book and prescribe a new advance for the 21st Century to overcome the credit crunch.
Life After Rhodri
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