The National Assembly passed the Active Travel Bill on
October 1st. The Active Travel Act 2013 will place
statutory duties on local authorities to plan, map and improve
integrated cycling and pedestrian networks. Chair of the Assembly's
Petitions Committee, William Powell AM (Lib Dem, Mid & West
Wales), said it highlighted the success of the petitions system, as
the law started life as a Sustrans Cymru petition in 2007.
Chair
of the Assembly's...
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Review - The Reformed Union
A federal Britain? David Melding AM makes
his case inThe Reformed Union.
(Pic : Click on Wales)
This would've been posted sooner, but was
interrupted by my technical problems. And believe me, myself and technology are going through a rough patch at the moment. You don't realise how close this blog came to disappearing for...
Saturday, 26 October 2013
New law to rein in abandoned horses
A lovely horse, and some not so lovely horses.
The Welsh Government are cracking down on illegal fly-grazing via a new law
There've been instances across Wales of horses
being left to fly graze on public land or farmland illegally, and for
some time, the Welsh Government have wanted to clamp down on
abandoned horses.
Bridgend...
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Look East? : Where should Wales target its exports?
The latest export figures, and an RBS report, highlight the increasing importance
of the Middle East, Asia and South America to European exporters - and in the
case of the Middle East, Wales in particular.
(Pic : oceanbasket.com)
I've covered Welsh exports in some detail last year, but the export figures for Quarter 2...
Monday, 21 October 2013
Change desperately required at the FAW
An abyss of nothingness, consumed by the the roar of endless woe.
(Owen : I've been on an enforced break due to technical issues that have - hopefully - been resolved. Nothing happened to me, and nothing died except my router. So some of the upcoming posts might be a little behind the curve, and those of you who've sent...
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Draft budget sends chill across local government
As you know, Finance Minister Jane Hutt (Lab, Vale
of Glamorgan) unveiled the draft Welsh budget for 2014-15 to the
National Assembly on Tuesday. All the relevant figures and details
can be found here, but it's worth giving the overall picture compared to the supplementary budget for 2013-14 (total expenditure, including...
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
NHS Finance Bill - A much needed flexible friend?
On the same day the draft budget for 2014-15 is announced, will the National Health
Service Finance Bill stop local health boards running to the Bank of Mark?
(Pic : Wales Online)
One running theme in Welsh politics is the
funding of Local Health Boards (LHBs) and their management of said
funds. They got a boost today,...
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Newport's M4 coronary bypass
The public are now being consulted on options for
an M4 Newport bypass. Again.
(Pic : ITV Wales)
A public consultation on the proposed M4 relief
road around Newport was launched by the Welsh Government in the last
fortnight.Woah!....Hang on a minute....I'm getting a strange....feeling....of déjà vu.
Because of the M4's...
