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£400,000-plus bill for AMs’ second homes

£400,000-plus bill for AMs’ second homes

ASSEMBLY members claimed more than £400,000 in expenses, new figures have revealed. Read

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We're even paying for AMs' coat hangers

ASSEMBLY Members have filed expense claims for coat hangers, surround-sound televisions and the redirection of mail, it was disclosed yesterday. Read

Huw Lewis and Lynne Neagle

Labour AMs’ house sale profits offer

A MARRIED couple who are both AMs have promised to pay any future profit made from selling their second home to the National Assembly. Read

Credit crunch bites at luxury Cardiff Bay flats

WORK on an exclusive apartment block with views of Cardiff Bay’s iconic Wales Millennium Centre has been put on hold because of the credit crunch. Read

Help to keep young out of a life of crime

THE Youth Offending Service (YOS) is appealing for volunteers to take part in its established mentoring programme. Read

Site must not be left to scar the landscape

TODAY the Echo reports that work has been halted on an exclusive apartment block in the heart of Cardiff Bay. Read

AMs Huw Lewis and Lynne Neagle ‘will return home sale cash’

A MARRIED Assembly Member couple have promised to give the profits from the sale of their second home back to the public purse. Read

BLOT ON OUR LANDSCAPE

Credit crunch puts development on hold

AN EYESORE half-built apartment block is set to cast an ugly shadow over Cardiff Bay in a credit crunch hammer blow to the Welsh capital. Read

Warning over independence issue

FORMER Plaid Cymru MP and AM Cynog Dafis has warned party colleagues that giving prominence to the issue of Welsh independence carries political dangers. Read

Devolution statements ‘now illegal’

THE question posed at the 1997 referendum which narrowly paved the way for the National Assembly would have been unlawful if asked today, according to a former Electoral Commissioner for Wales. Read

Barratt Homes scraps stamp duty

ONE of Britain’s biggest developers has scrapped stamp duty on its South Wales homes, it emerged today. Read

Spin Doctor: It’s quiet at the top

IT’S oft-noted that controversial North Wales Police Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is quick with a response, always ready to deal with tough questioning with his quick-thinking and smart one-liners. Read

Dirty tricks in fight for votes

POLICE were called in last night after a village by-election campaign turned dirty. Read

Public can help Crown Prosecution Service

PROSECUTORS are asking the Welsh public what they think about how they handle cases of rape and domestic violence. Read

Price to pay for giving up the car

THE Assembly Government will have to find another £30m for transport if it wants to get commuters out of their cars, a consortium of 10 councils has warned. Read

Rebel MPs seek new oath

THE oath of allegiance to the Queen should be scrapped and MPs required to pledge to serve their constituents instead, according to a cross-party group. Read

Home repossessions jump sharply

BANKS and the Government urged homeowners not to panic yesterday as new figures revealed a sharp jump in the number of home repossessions in the first half of the year. Read

Archbishop pressure over gay partnerships beliefs

ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury Rowan Williams was under fresh pressure from conservative Anglicans yesterday after the release of correspondence in which he compared gay relationships to marriage. Read

Peer slates Hain Welsh language views

A LABOUR peer has launched a scathing attack on Peter Hain, accusing him of failing to understand the concerns of Welsh speakers about the future of the language. Read

AMs’ salary review: Panel boss ‘is prepared to be unpopular’

THE man given responsibility for overseeing a review of Assembly Members’ salaries has warned them they may not like his panel’s recommendations. Read