Plaid leadership contest develops; Ken Skates first in Member’s Bill ballot; The Government’s Draft Budget runs into trouble; Welsh Higher Education faces testing times; Silk Commission faces derailment
Democracy versus those in line for the throne
Craig Dark argues that Charles’s veto over legislation is undermining efforts to bring the monarchy into the 21st Century
Legal problems with organ donation
Alan Trench analyses legal aspects of the Welsh Government’s ‘soft op-out’ plan for presumed consent
Lectures Ministers should listen to
Geraint Talfan Davies looks at Welsh Labour’s relationship with the private sector and the need for the devolution of broadcasting
“I settled for Wales last Thursday” – A view from the frontier of broadcasting
Menna Richards, Annual Lecture, Welsh Political Archive 2011, National Library of Wales, 3 November 2011
How well does England understand devolution?
Michael Haggett says low levels of support for devolution max are due to the paucity of debate in England
New investment needed to generate jobs
Eluned Morgan argues that Labour must rethink its relationship with the private sector
What has devolution done for Labour and what has Labour done for devolution?
Baroness Eluned Morgan of Ely delivers the Inaugural Patrick Hannan Lecture at National Library of Wales on 20 October 2011
An idea that has come of age?
Rhys David reports on a conference that brought to Wales some of the best ideas about how to create a successful city region.