Unemployment – a mixed picture around the nations
Yesterday’s headline figures on unemployment masked the mixed news on jobs that came out from across the devolved nations.
Wales
The week outside Westminster
The latest news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Smaller parties to have no say on Lords reform committee
None of the minority parties from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland would be represented on a new cross-party committee on reforming the House of Lords.
Lord De Mauley: It’d be “quite wrong” to rush into replacing Barnett Formula
It would be “quite wrong” to rush into replacing the controversial Barnett Formula given the size of the deficit, Government whip Lord de Mauley, has said.
The week outside Westminster
Round-up of the week’s news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Labour is still a moral crusade
The Welsh Assembly elections are a year away. The Labour Party in Wales is taking stock after the general election and preparing its manifesto and campaign for next May.
The week outside Westminster
The very latest from the devolved bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including reaction to the Coalition Government’s £6 billion of cuts.
Cameron silences Wales’s voice
David Cameron’s Welsh secretary will only sit on one cabinet committee; by contrast, the Scottish secretary will sit on eight.
Is Cameron disrespecting Wales?
When David Cameron visited Wales last week, he came armed with the message that he wanted a relationship based on respect – yet that may now have changed.
The week outside Westminster
In the past week the prime minister has visited Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; Left Foot Forward looks at how he fared, plus the rest of the week’s news.