Wales leads the way on investment for growth
The Welsh Labour government today announced a series of measures designed to deliver growth and secure existing and new jobs, reports Ed Jacobs.
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Wales leads the world with plans to make councils provide routes for ‘active travel’
Sustrans Cymru’s Lee Waters writes about the Welsh government’s plans to place a legal duty on councils to provide a network of routes for ‘active travel’.
Vote 2012: A Lab-SNP draw in Scotland, and a “frontlash” towards Labour in Wales
Ed Jacobs looks at the press reaction to Thursday’s local elections in Scotland and Wales.
Poll: Welsh Labour “on course to make sweeping gains”
A new poll has revealed Welsh Labour is “on course to make sweeping gains” in Thursday’s local elections.
Regional pay is “Tory code” for slashing pay of the poorest NHS workers
Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths described regional pay as “Tory code for cutting the pay of NHS workers in Wales”, reports Ed Jacobs.
The Week Outside Westminster – Nukes, NATO, “pretty vile” Welsh Tories and Stormont
Ed Jacobs rounds up the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus the week’s local council by-election results.
Vote 2012: A tale of two Labour parties
As local election campaigns begin, the Scottish and Welsh Labour parties take radically different approaches to confronting the threat from nationalism.
Vote 2012: Welsh local council elections preview
In the second of our series of articles looking ahead to the May 2012 elections, Tom Harris and Harry Hayfield preview the Welsh local council elections.
On jobs, Wales shows Clegg the way
The Welsh government yesterday outlined plans for 12,000 new jobs for young people over the next three years, reports Left Foot Forward’s Ed Jacobs.
The Week Outside Westminster – Salmond supper, “village idiots” and regional pay rage
Ed Jacobs rounds up the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus the week’s local council by-election results.