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By Lesley Griffiths AM When Assembly Members were asked by the Western Mail what the Assembly's greatest achievements were in its first 10 years, free bus passes came top of the list. It is a policy that has transformed the way pensioners…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 According to WalesOnline, First Minister Rhodri Morgan has written to the Electoral Commission in support of the campaign to save general election night, warning that ending the Thursday night counts would be…
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon This article was first published on LabourList on September 10th, 2009. I live close to my local hospital in Telford. It is situated 5 miles away from the town centre and is primarily surrounded by fields and private…
By Brian Barder / @BrianLB On the always stimulating Our Kingdom website ("a conversation on the future of the United Kingdom", part of the OpenDemocracy network) there's an interesting if somewhat academic debate in progress about the…
By Huw Lewis It is nearly a year since the collapse of Lehmann Brothers had politicians, economists and journalists speculating about the looming financial storm. Central to those concerns were how this macroeconomic implosion would impact…
By Chris Cook Alastair Darling's recent decision to leave no public asset unsold, and in particular, to flog off the Royal Mint at Llantrisant, is raising something of a storm in Wales. Plaid Cymru AM Leanne Wood said: "This decision is…
By Lorraine Barrett Tackling child poverty remains one of the biggest challenges facing Wales and the Welsh Assembly. Currently, 28% of children in Wales live in relative poverty and one in ten children lives in severe poverty, where their…
By Peter Hain I want to tell you about an exciting new Labour-supporting website I am launching with Eluned Morgan MEP and Alun Davies AM. As you may have just seen on BBC Wales Dragon's Eye programme, AneurinGlyndwr.com promises to be a…
By Ann Jones Last month, ITV decided to cut its signed evening news bulletins in 5 UK regions including Wales' Tonight programme. This has dealt a serious blow to all those who are fighting to improve communication services for deaf people…
By Mike Ion All prescriptions are free in Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland will abolish prescription charges soon. And from April 1st this year Cancer patients, people under 19 and over 60 and those suffering from a list of illnesses…
By Lesley Griffiths If the Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government ever went in search of suitable motto, they could a lot worse than turn to Mohandas K. Gandhi's truism, "You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do…
By Leighton Andrews The next eighteen months could determine the trajectory of politics for the next generation. Words that have been out of favour for a long time - public, collective, mutual, the state - are suddenly fashionable again…
