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Wales’ first Feminist Scorecard

Rachel Cable tracks Welsh Government’s progress towards gender equality

Is Wales too small or too poor to be independent? A reply.

Dr John Ball’s responds to Mike Hedges AM's recent response to his articles on the economic arguments for and against an independent Wales

These Isles: Plotting a Course to Confederal Federalism

These Isles is an essay by Glyndwr Cennydd Jones, presented in four weekly parts on click on wales, subtitled Mapping the Union, Plotting a Course to Confederal Federalism, Navigating Fiscal Decentralisation and Charting a Constitution. This is part two.

Re-energising Wales: Factors influencing local and community engagement in renewable energy in Wales

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Re-energising Wales

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