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Home » The Welsh Agenda » Politics and Policy » Page 41

Politics and Policy

Comment, analysis and debate on the issues that matter for Wales, by writers from diverse sectors and political perspectives.

Why couldn’t Wales’s health problems be solved by our countryside?

Obesity and depression are just a some of the conditions that could be addressed by learning to love our outdoors, writes Rebecca Brough

18th February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

What next for research in Welsh higher education?

Welsh academic research excellence has been dependent on EU funding and freedom of movement which could be under threat in a post-Brexit UK, writes Trish D’Souza.

13th February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

What happened when Welsh communities were given £1m of Lottery funding? 

Wales’s biggest community experiment shows that trusting local people to run local services works, writes Chris Johnes

11th February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Degree apprenticeships are part of the flexible education of the future

Diversifying the way we offer learning opportunities will be crucial to adapting to the economy of the future, writes Kieron Rees

7th February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

10 Challenges for the new leader of the Labour party 

There are lessons to be learned from the Corbyn era. Moving on from Brexit and cracking down on dissent must be top of the agenda for the new leader, writes Mike Hedges

5th February (3rd February)
  • Politics and Policy

What now for Wales?

The Welsh and UK governments will remain at logger-heads for the foreseeable future as Brexit will continue to weaken Welsh Labour, write Professor Dan Wincott and Jac Larner

4th February (4th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Wales’s nature crisis requires the same attention as the climate crisis

30% of Wales’s terrestrial mammal species are on the verge of extinction. We risk losing Welsh nature if our response to the climate crisis doesn’t include supporting biodiversity, argues Jessica McQuade.

4th February (3rd November)
  • Politics and Policy

Making homelessness everybody’s business 

Our response to homelessness needs to extend beyond public services to include businesses and the general public, writes Tamsin Sterling. 

29th January (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy

The forward march of labour halted, again

Labour’s failure in the general election will lead to more needless suffering. Merlin Gable explains why the party cannot give up hope.

27th January (27th January)
  • Politics and Policy
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