An
independent report into University Hospital Cardiff's accident and
emergency department described “endemic bullying behaviour”, an
“authoritarian” management regime and chronic staff shortages.
Cardiff & Vale University Health Board accepted the
findings.
Leader of the House of Commons, Chris Grayling MP,
announced that MPs representing English constituencies – and, in
some cases, Welsh-based MPs - would have a veto on legislation
affecting...
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Friday, 31 July 2015
Saturday, 25 July 2015
The Youth Gone Mild?
The findings of a National Assembly consultation suggest that while a majority of young people
support lowering the voting age to 16, their enthusiasm is perhaps more muted than expected.
(Pic : National Assembly of Wales via Flickr)
Just before the
Assembly broke up for summer recess, the Assembly Commission and its youth...
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Assembly Requests "Clear & Durable" Devolution Settlement
When the Prime Minister and that-other-bloke-who-used-to-be-important
announced their response to Silk II, it looked like we were due constitutional clarity.
So far it's still a bit cloudy.
(Pic : The Guardian)
The
Assembly's Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee recently reported back on a short inquiry they...
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Assembly calls for assistance for older jobseekers
Are the needs of older workers and the older unemployed being neglected?
(Pic : BBC)
They've previously done
work on job opportunities for the young (Gissa Job : Assisting Young People Into Work), but last week, the National Assembly's Enterprise
& Business Committee published a report into job opportunities
for the...
Sunday, 19 July 2015
End of Year Report 2015
The curtain comes down on another Assembly year, the last summer recess
before the big boys and girls face their tough examinations next May.
(Pic : The Guardian)
Report 2011-12
Report 2012-13
Report 2013-14
Another Assembly year
ends. While AMs start their 9-week summer recess, it's time to
reflect on the performance...
Friday, 17 July 2015
Bill Outlining Devolved Tax Arrangements Introduced
The Welsh Revenue Authority will manage devolved taxes
from April 2018 - including landfill tax and stamp duty.
Last week, Finance
Minister Jane Hutt (Lab, Vale of Glamorgan) introduced the Tax
Collection & Management Bill to the National Assembly. It
establishes the mechanisms required to ensure that when certain...
Wednesday, 15 July 2015
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap IV : Endgame?
After a wait of years, the Wales Audit Office has finally
delivered its verdict on the RIFW land sale scandal.
(Pic : BBC Wales)
It's been three years
in the making, but at long last the Wales Audit Office have delivered
their verdict on the Regeneration Investment Fund for Wales (RIFW)
and the sale of land parcels to...
Monday, 13 July 2015
Kickstarting Welsh Hearts
Petitioners have asked the Welsh Government to consider widening
access to, and awareness of, public defibrillators.
(Pic : zoll.com)
(Owen : Some work is being undertaken on the house over the coming week which may/will result in my internet connection being disrupted - possibly for several days, maybe longer. So if...
Saturday, 11 July 2015
AMs Mock UK's Dodgy Barnett
The Barnett formula - a simple concept, but difficult to negotiate in
practice, especially when it comes to so-called "consequentials".
Earlier this week (8th
July), AMs held another member's debate on an issue raised time and
time again in Welsh politics – the Barnett formula : the formula
used to set budget allocations...
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Downloading (22% - 2 years left)....
With the Wales Audit Office recently giving Superfast Cymru a thumbs up,
the minister in charge provided an update to AMs on progress to date.
(Pic : recombu.com)
The Superfast Cymru
scheme is a £425million partnership between BT and the Welsh
Government which aims to provide high-speed broadband
(generally defined as...
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Metro a Go Go
The Welsh Government have announced a £600million second phase of the Cardiff capital region Metro,
as well as a new not-for-profit company to run the Wales & Borders rail franchise from 2018.
(Pic : Vale of Glamorgan Council)
As you probably already
know, Business & Economy Minister, Edwina Hart (Lab, Gower) made
a...
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
The Fun at Junction 41 Ends (For Now)
The trial partial closure of Junction 41 of the M4 in Port Talbot has been lifted, and
a detailed analysis of the impact was recently released by the Welsh Government.
(Pic : South Wales Evening Post)
It's been about a year
since I first wrote on the partial trial closure of Junction 41 of
the M4 in Port Talbot (Junction...
