Government wrong that cutting Welsh MPs is “fair”
The Wales Office has sought to defy the conclusions of a select committee by claiming that cutting the number of Welsh MPs would be fair, reports Ed Jacobs.
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Comparing coalitions in Wales and Westminster
Mark Drakeford discusses six different points of difference between the conduct of the coalition at Westminster and the post-devolution experience in Wales.
Elections galore in a big year for Wales
Owen Smith, Labour MP for Pontypridd, outlines the major challenges facing Wales in 2011, with two referendums and the Assembly elections in the months ahead.
Labour offers “open door” to disaffected Lib Dems
On the day the Indy’s poll of polls put the Liberal Democrats on just 11 per cent, Welsh Labour welcomed its first defection by a Lib Dem councillor since May.
A progessive agenda for Wales in 2011
John Griffiths, Labour Member for Newport East, Counsel General & legislative programme leader, sets out the challenges which lie ahead for the Welsh Assembly.
Welsh voters against cut in number of Welsh MPs
Most Welsh voters do not believe that the number of Welsh MPs should be reduced as outlined in the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill currently being considered by the House of Lords.
A tale of two Budgets
Left Foot Forward’s Devolution Correspondent Ed Jacobs looks at the Scottish and Welsh draft Budgets, published yesterday.
Welsh Lib Dem council set to privatise adult social services
Later today, Welsh budget minister Jane Hutt will present the Assembly government’s draft budget in what amounts to the toughest fiscal environment since the birth of devolution. She will do so as it emerged that Liberal Democrat run Swansea Council is considering outsourcing its entire adult social services department by 2012 to save costs.
Wales and Scotland set to publish draft austerity budgets
Over the next fortnight, the devolved bodies are expected to publish their draft budgets against the background of the toughest fiscal environment since the birth of devolution. Last week Left Foot Forward reported on the double whammy being faced by Northern Ireland with health minister Michael McGimpsey warning of “large numbers of redundancies” in the NHS and substantial concerns over the impact of the UK government’s welfare reforms on the most vulnerable.
Anger in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as Osborne’s cuts hit home
There was disappointment, anger and devastation as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland learned the full scale of the cuts they would have to endure in the CSR.