BBC NewsWelsh Conservatives: Party 'cannot turn clock back on devolution'BBC NewsConservatives cannot turn the clock back on devolution, the party's leader in the Welsh assembly has said. Andrew RT Davies said he shared the concerns of Tories who feared for the future of the United Kingdom, but they could not ignore the process of ...David Cameron In Wales: PM Defends Benefit Cuts And Calls On Business To ...Huffington Post UKWelsh Conservatives Conference takes place at Swansea's Liberty StadiumThis is South WalesWelsh Conservatives told: 'Wales in desperate need of change'WalesOnlineConservative Home (blog)all 25 news articles »

Fifth non-members bill in Welsh Assembly calls to deal with caravan and ...This is South WalesTHE National Assembly for Wales's Presiding Officer has announced the winner of the latest non-government Member Bill ballot. Darren Millar AM, will be given the opportunity to present a proposal for the Holiday Caravan Park (Wales) Bill for ...

South Wales Argus£4m grant helps secure more than 200 Newport jobsSouth Wales ArgusThe Newport site beat off competition from three rival locations in the US and Malaysia and was helped by a £4.1 million grant from the Welsh Government. Assembly sources told the Argus that if Newport didn't get this additional investment, one of its ...

WalesOnlineMotorsport: Wales Rally GB switches its base to DeesideWalesOnlineThe restructuring of the rally has come in the wake of the announcement of an extended partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government, as well as consultation with manufacturers, teams, competitors and spectators. It is also hoped the shift to Deeside ...and more »

Great ideas on languageThis is South WalesInstead of going "cap in hand" to the Welsh Assembly Government, the Welsh Language Society, if it puts the work in to increase its membership and arrange voluntary weekly subs, could finance its own initiatives to develop the language. I was ...

Rally GB moving to north WalesOrange UK NewsThe restructuring of the rally has come in the wake of the announcement of an extended partnership with the Welsh Assembly Government, as well as consultation with manufacturers, teams, competitors and spectators. It is also hoped the shift to Deeside ...and more »

WalesOnlineWelsh Government throws out plans to build on Llanishen ReservoirWalesOnlineThe move was welcomed by Cardiff North Assembly member Julie Morgan, who has been a vocal opponent of the plans to build 324 homes on the local beauty spot. It is the second time a Welsh Government Minister has rejected planning appeals by WPD.and more »

Loss of the Tir Mynydd hill support scheme leaves Welsh hill farmers feeling ...Daily Post North WalesRank-and-file farmers say they feel "abandoned" by the Welsh Government in the wake of the March snowstorms. The fallen stock and animal feed crises were the “final straw” for farmers who already felt betrayed by the loss of the Tir Mynydd hill support ...

BBC NewsEngland and Wales go their separate ways on social care lawCommunitycare.co.ukThe social care legislative fabric for England and Wales is starting to separate. In Wales, the Social Services & Well-Being (Wales) Bill is currently undergoing Welsh assembly scrutiny while the UK government is preparing to publish the Care and ...Social care bill breaches children's rights, commissioner claimsBBC Newsall 2 news articles »

WalesOnlineUK Government could scupper Welsh dangerous dogs crackdown, campaigners ...WalesOnlineFears that the proposed Control of Dogs (Wales) Bill could be shelved have escalated since it emerged the UK Government believed it could be beyond the Assembly's powers. The Welsh Government had planned to introduce the Bill for “dog control notices” ...and more »

BBC NewsNHS in Wales dominates PMQs at WestminsterBBC News"The Welsh government deploys the money that it is given by the parliament here in Westminster. "The prime minister has cut the budget of the Welsh National Assembly by £2bn over the spending period. So if there have been tough decisions made within ...and more »

Daily Post North WalesShould government invest in more lambing sheds on snow-hit farms?Daily Post North WalesTHE Welsh Government should help hill farmers build more sheds to make lambing “more resilient” to avoid a repeat of this spring's lambing disaster, it has been suggested. Dafydd Elis-Thomas floated the idea when initiating an Assembly inquiry into the ...MPs debate Upland Sheep Farmers - DeHavillandDeHavilland (subscription) (press release)all 11 news articles »

WalesOnline'We have too few politicians in the Assembly and too many in other places'WalesOnlineThe Assembly is in danger of passing badly conceived laws as inexperienced parties and too few AMs struggle to come up with policies to improve Wales, the new director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs has warned. Lee Waters wants the nation's ... He ...

Car and Van NewsBoost for Wales as Ford puts 24m in engine plantCar and Van NewsThe money, £12 million of which is being supplied by the Welsh Assembly government, will enable the building of new 1.5-litre EcoBoost engines at the plant. The Bridgend plant already produces 2,668 four-cylinder engines each day, exporting them to ...Welsh Government funds help Ford invest in Bridgend engine plant - AM-onlineAM-onlineall 23 news articles »

BBC NewsStatement on business ratesBBC NewsThe Welsh government may reduce business rate relief for charities in certain circumstances, and will consider schemes intended to bring empty properties back into use. Economy, Science and Transport Minister Edwina Hart announced the release of a ...Cut to charities' business rates relief proposedITV Newsall 3 news articles »

Lions on the agenda as England head coach hosts lectureLeeds Metropolitan UniversityGareth Davies is the Dean of the Carnegie Faculty at Leeds Metropolitan University and previously worked for the Welsh Assembly Government, based in Sydney, as Head of International Business Wales for Australia, New Zealand and Wales. Future lectures ...

ScotsmanPeter Jones: Devolved tax power could cost £bnsScotsmanReaders will recall that Barnett determines not the block grant that the Treasury annually gives to the Scottish government (and to the Welsh and Northern Irish administrations) to spend, but the changes in it. The fact that it just determines changes ...

Give councils funds to build homes, says Plaid AMCaerphilly ObserverThe South Wales East AM, who is a former leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council, raised the issue at meeting of the Local Government Committee in the Welsh Assembly. Lindsay Whittle said: “There is a desperate shortage of affordable housing and I ...

ITV NewsWelsh government could gain powers over taxationLeft Foot ForwardThe prospect of the Welsh government and assembly gaining significant new powers over taxation has taken a step forward following a declaration by one UK minister. Danny Alexander Speaking to the Welsh Lib Dem conference in Cardiff on Sunday, the ...The latest moves on a Welsh income taxITV NewsMystery creases in the Silk road?BBC NewsAlexander hints at borrowing powerswww.solihullnews.netall 9 news articles »

BBC NewsWelsh Lib Dems: Party at 'turning point' says WilliamsBBC NewsShe said Labour ministers had agreed to introduce schemes to help home buyers and poorer school pupils to secure Lib Dem support to get the Welsh government's budget through the assembly. But Ms Williams said the New Buy scheme had been ...and more »