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Carwyn Jones’s financial shopping list
Carwyn Jones needs a shopping list. This was my immediate response the Westminster Government’s announcement yesterday that the Scottish Parliament will be able to borrow more money, apply to issue...
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League tables should be kept for football
When you are censured by one of the great and the good of Welsh society it’s difficult to know if you should feel flattered or flustered. As Chair of the eponymous commission, Professor Holtham...
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Wales faces a lost decade
As unemployment reaches 8.4 per cent Wales is performing worst of all the UK countries, with up to 20 claimants chasing every job. Yesterday’s news that the economy may have re-entered recession did...
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First Minister tells Scots UK has a future
Grown up politics, delivering for people, requires strong relationships; serious negotiation between Governments working on common goals in the interests of the people we represent. Take for example,...
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Welsh Labour should supply its own opposition
The Silk Commission’s second report on extending devolved powers reflects a lot of careful thought and analysis. How much is implemented, though, will depend on politics. Securing change from...
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Mills’ plan is not the answer
He paints a picture of a UK economy growing rapidly – 4 to 5 per cent, a rate never sustained in the whole of our peacetime history – with higher levels of investment going into reviving manufacturing...
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Yes, we can
“An outsider observing our economic policies and the national debate, such as it is, would conclude the Welsh were either content with their relative position or did not believe there was anything to...
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Should Welsh Government intervene on Welsh steel?
What would it mean for Wales if steel went the same way as coal? Tata steel employs thousands of workers around Wales and companies in its supply chain employ thousands more. The steel industry...
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The tangled web
The Welsh government is facing a difficult, even grueling, negotiation with Westminster and especially with the Treasury. Discussions are afoot over a Welsh “fiscal framework” and particularly over...
View ArticleVote Leave promises do not stack up
Whatever the situation of the U.K. as a whole, I cannot believe that Wales would be better off outside the EU. Cardiff University research has demonstrated that Wales is a net beneficiary of EU funds,...
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