Barnett’s Fair – for the foreseeable future

At Welsh Labour’s special policy conference which was held at the weekend, the party launched its own Yes campaign for next year’s powers referendum. One of the main messages used to win over doubters within Labour was that the UK government would only look at reforming the way Wales is funded – the notorious Barnett [...]

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Budget and Blaenau Gwent at the Sharp End

The dust is beginning to settle on yesterday’s draft budget from the Assembly Government, but a lot of that dust is still obscuring the details of spending cuts. In tonight’s Sharp End, we’ll try to sweep up some of that dust for you. I’ll be interviewing the First Minister Carwyn Jones and my guests in [...]

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Budget bits

I won’t even attempt to give you a comprehensive round-up of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Draft Budget: you can get that from Gareth Hughes here. Instead here are a few random notes and snippets from an intense day. * The fact that the Higher Education budget has been cut by nearly £37bn is surely a [...]

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