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It’s often the case that spring conferences are seen as the starting pistol of election campaigns. That the Saturday after conference is when it all really begins. Well, on the eve of this year’s Welsh Labour conference, I can honestly tell…
Decisions on fracking in Wales would be devolved to the Welsh Assembly under Labour, it has been announced. In the meantime, there will be a moratorium on fracking in Wales. Speaking in the Vale of Glamorgan, the Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen…
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones has said Labour must capture the spirit of 1997 and make the message clear: "vote for us, you get light at the end of the tunnel". Jones also told Ed Miliband to "keep on going" despite attacks in the media…
Kezia Dugdale, Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, will today announce that if elected in 2016 the party would use powers devolved to Scotland to guarantee gender equality on boards of public bodies. Dugdale will make this announcement the…
Paul Murphy, MP for Torfaen, has announced he will stand down from Parliament in May. Murphy has represented the constituency for 28 years, since first being elected in the 1987 election. He served as Secretary of State for Wales twice…
At Labour conference this year Ed Miliband announced that under Labour the Mansion Tax (alongside a crackdown on tobacco companies and tax avoidance) would be spent on a "time to care fund" for the NHS. In early January, Scottish Labour…
Welsh Labour have announced they will get right of the right-to-buy scheme, if they continue to hold the balance of power in Wales after May. The scheme, originally introduced under Margaret Thatcher's government, meant that people living…
In a matter of days, Nicola Sturgeon will become Scotland's fifth First Minister. She will take on responsibility for a £30bn budget, for heading a Government that has control over Scotland's public services and soon the Scottish Government…
As the eyes of Britain remained focussed on Scotland, Labour First Minister Carwyn Jones reshuffled his pack in Wales today. Former Education Minister Leighton Andrews - the man who ran the Jones leadership campaign in 2009 - returns to the…
It's reported today that Councillor Mike Priestly, the cabinet member for highways, environment and sustainability on Conwy Council in North Wales, has defected from the Liberal Democrats to join Welsh Labour. Writing to constituents…
The Labour shadow cabinet will meet with the Welsh cabinet, led by Carwyn Jones, this week. With the general election fast approaching, Miliband has organised this meeting with Jones’ cabinet - due to happen in Cardiff on Friday - as part…
Dear Jeremy, Croeso i Gymru! That’s Welsh for Welcome to Wales! We’re not sure if you have been here before, so we thought we would give you some helpful pointers. You are now in Llangollen. Yes, it is a bit tricky. Just roll your tongue…
