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Opinion
Cover story
A pier with too few supports
Professor Sir John Cadogan argues that the
Assembly Government should base its science policy on scientific
rather than economic principles. |
News
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| Politics and Policy
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Poles Apart
Jonathan Adams recommends how Cardiff Bay can
be connected with the city centre.
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Barnett Squeeze
Eurfyl ap Gwilym estimates that Wales has been
denied more than £1 billion by the Treasury over the past
five years.
Police special
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I. £77m merger
Rhobert Lewis discusses the arguments for an
all-Wales police force.
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II. Nation builder
Richard Brunstrom says an all-Wales force should
be part of the devolution process.
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III. North Wales voice needed
Dylan Jones-Evans questions the centralisation
of power in Cardiff Bay.
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Making politics breathe
Ferdinand Mount says everything in Britain
has been modernised except its politics.
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Economy
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Safe haven
Gillian Bristow asks whether enough is being
done to involve the local community in the LNG development in
Pembrokeshire.
Economic strategy special
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I. Government business
James Foreman-Peck argues that economic policy
should address a worrying private sector deficit.
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II. Carbon cutting
Morgan Parry argues that the Assembly Government’s
new economic development strategy needs a radically different
approach.
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Footing the bill
Brian Morgan says the Assembly Government should
produce a Welsh model for PFI.
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Cherished Heartland
Peter Davies relates how the Prince of Wales’
charities are engaging with the problems of the rural hinterland.
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Social Policy
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A £3 billion opportunity
Tamsin Stirling looks at the IWA’s new
report on the Future of Social Housing in Wales.
Underclass special
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I. Below the threshold
James Stewart introduces a major new study
on poverty and social exclusion in Wales.
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II. Educating for social justice
David Egan declares we cannot go on tolerating
the waste that results from low levels of educational achievement
at 16.
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III. To those that have
Mark Drakeford argues that health policy
should focus on equality of outcome. |
Europe
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Not just money
Andy Klom says Wales should look beyond trade
and funding in its engagement with the EU.
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Crossing borders
David Hughes underlines the importance of cultural
projects in promoting European cohesion. |
Environment
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Shadow boxing
Gordon James argues that the Assembly needs greater
powers over energy policy if it is to lead the way on Climate
Change.
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Nantgwynant
Ruth Williams, John Pritchard
and Neil Caldwell advocate investing in the
environment. |
Culture and Communications
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Governing culture
Geraint Talfan Davies says the arts funding review
is a chance to get away from policy-making on the hoof.
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Daffodil meets the big apple
Peter Stead joins in with Wales Week in New York.
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Welsh cinema
Steve Blandford finds that two recent films open
up new possibilities for identity in 21st century Wales.
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Ystradgynlais epiphany
Nigel Jenkins praises a new assessment of the
artist Josef Herman. |
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The Last Word by Peter
Stead. |
