John Osmond considers the main recommendation of an IWA study: The Assembly Government should enforce its requirement that Welsh local
Borrowing powers sidelined
John Osmond looks at the implications of a Scottish row for future funding of the National Assembly:
Welsh Climate Change Challenge
Cathy McLean provides a reality check on the Assembly Government’s carbon emission targets:
Assembly Bwletin Cynulliad December 2008
December 2008: Politics in 21st century Wales: leading figures discuss the future of their parties – “The crowd gives the leader new strength”: the Labour leadership contest is shaping up – The Valleys Job Crunch: the economic downturn takes hold – Plastic Bag Levy: should shoppers pay?
Vulcan salute
Peter Finch reflects on the possible demise of the Vulcan pub in Cardiff:
Fiscal federalism
John Osmond says momentum is behind plans to change the Barnett formula used to fund Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland:
Rhodri reveals his ankle
John Osmond reports on the debate that launched the IWA’s Politics in 21st Century Wales:
Politics in 21st century Wales
John Osmond reports on some remarkable insights into the future of Welsh politics:
Tools for the recession
Professor James Foreman-Peck, Cardiff Business School: Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones, maintains that the Assembly Government’s approach to alleviating