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Spin Doctor: Too good an opportunity to waste

JOINED-UP local government thinking of the week: “Waste is one of the largest environment concerns facing Wales today” – agenda for a Swansea Council cabinet meeting held last week in which 299 A4 pages making up each agenda, were sent to councillors, officers and journalists by post. Read

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Wigley left in limbo by Lords reform plan

PLAID Cymru fears none of its members will join the House of Lords amid speculation Gordon Brown is set to make no new peers in advance of a massive reform to the second chamber. Read

Ex-Vale MP launches campaign for Davis’ seat

FORMER Vale MP Walter Sweeney is mounting a surprise political comeback in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election. Read

Wales gloomy over falling house prices

WELSH house prices fell 0.7% in the year to May, according to new data from the Land Registry, adding to the turbulence elsewhere in the economy. Read

Association chooses first non-Labour leader

THE first non-Labour leader of the Welsh Local Government Association has been formally elected. Read

‘No-frills’ airline to cut flights

THE biggest low-cost airline flying from Cardiff has confirmed it will be cutting flights from South Wales because of soaring global oil prices. Read

Scotland’s leader Alex Salmond backs Elfyn Llwyd for Plaid president

SCOTTISH First Minister Alex Salmond has endorsed Elfyn Llwyd’s bid to become president of Plaid Cymru. Read

Rhodri criticises UK ministers

FIRST Minister Rhodri Morgan has attacked the UK Government for its refusal to devolve decision-making over big power station applications to Wales. Read

‘Trouble getting top staff’s driving NHS restructuring’

THE Assembly Government is proposing a further major restructuring of the NHS in Wales because of a “difficulty in recruiting top-class managers”, it has been suggested. Read

UK to launch Equality Bill

BOSSES will be encouraged to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority candidates under plans announced by Equality Minister Harriet Harman yesterday. Read

Labour plans to rekindle support in ‘the Fro’

THE Labour Party has lost the confidence of Welsh-speaking Wales and needs to adopt a wholly new approach to win back support, according to a stark report from a group of senior politicians and activists. Read

A year can be a very long time in politics – just ask Gordon Brown

He promised to do his best, but in his first year in charge little has gone right for Gordon Brown. Political Editor Tomos Livingstone wonders whether the Prime Minister has been the architect of his own misfortunes Read

Online archive to save Welsh tales of life for posterity

NATIONAL treasures and family stories will be presented side-by-side in a vast new digital archive. Read

Eileen hails ‘huge step forward’ for patients

Eileen hails ‘huge step forward’ for patients

CAMPAIGNERS yesterday gathered to celebrate news that a medicine which can prevent blindness will soon be available to all who need it. Read

Labour peer rues Brown leadership

PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown’s leadership was last night criticised by a senior Labour peer as “disappointing”, as opinion polls showed a 20% Tory lead. Read

TV switchover aid scheme dubbed a waste of money

TV switchover aid scheme dubbed a waste of money

DIGITAL switch-over is such a “mystery” to consumers that the Government may have wasted as much as £250m on a largely ignored take-up scheme, MPs have concluded. Read

No more household items on the taxpayer for MPs

THE infamous “John Lewis list”, which allows MPs to bill the taxpayer for items from fridges to shredders, will be scrapped under new plans put forward by the Commons authorities. Read

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Welsh board wanted English-song Duffy banned

A MUSIC promoter who helped singing sensation Duffy in her early years has claimed the Welsh Language Board wanted her banned from performing at a concert because she would be singing in English. Read

Pressure mounts on McEvoy to step aside

THE Tories are calling for Cardiff council’s deputy leader to step aside while he faces a £50,000 claim for libel. Read

No more household items on the taxpayer for MPs

THE infamous “John Lewis list”, which allows MPs to bill the taxpayer for items from fridges to shredders, will be scrapped under new plans put forward by the Commons authorities. Read