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'UK gives Wales £9bn a year more than we pay in taxes'

WALES pays £9bn a year less in taxes than it gets back in public spending, new research revealed yesterday. Read

ITV strikes are now inevitable, says union

STAFF at ITV Wales were yesterday told that 17 of the broadcaster’s 129 Welsh staff will lose their jobs. Read

Time to forget ITV and seek alternative providers

PEOPLE who want to watch programmes made in and about Wales that don’t involve the BBC, should forget ITV and debate the alternatives, according to the Wales director of the regulator Ofcom. Read

First Minister's Questions: Assembly needs adrenaline

The National Assembly is sometimes lambasted for having a cosier atmosphere than the AGM of the Buttery Crumpet Appreciation Society. Read

Morgan speaks out on school buses

THE Archbishop of Wales has called on First Minister Rhodri Morgan to ensure that safe school transport is available to all children in Wales. Read

£12bn St Athan go-ahead - according to leaked memo

THE £12bn military training academy planned for the Vale of Glamorgan will definitely go ahead despite speculation to the contrary, according to a leaked memo written by a high-ranking Government official . Read

The latest from the Conservative conference

Apprentices who discover an aptitude for academia will be given the chance of free university study under Tory plans to be unveiled today. Read

A burning question of Tory faults

HUW Lewis, Labour AM for Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney and working-class hero, is continuing his bid to become leader of the Welsh Labour Party. Read

Tories in ‘nasty’ attack on First Minister Morgan

THE Conservatives were last night accused of being “the nasty party” after marking Rhodri Morgan’s 69th birthday tomorrow by publishing a highly personal attack on every aspect of his leadership – right down to his dress sense and hairstyle. Read

Ban on whistle-blower entering medical premises is extended

A FORMER medical consultant and whistle-blower who is now a county councillor has had her ban on entering medical premises extended to the whole of Mid and West Wales. Read

Senior Tory AM backtracks on devolution remarks

THE Welsh Conservatives faced an eve-of-conference row last night after a senior AM apparently called for much stronger devolution of powers – including tax-raising and the benefits system. Read

Cautious Cameron says ‘it’s not in the bag’ – yet

DAVID CAMERON last night insisted he was “not arrogant enough” to assume the next general election was in the bag. Read

Cameron must tell us what a Tory Government would be like

David Cameron could be Prime Minister in 18 months’ time and, Political Editor TOMOS LIVINGSTONE says, he needs to start telling us how his Government would look Read

Payout call for stricken miners

A COUNCILLOR has called on the Government to reach a compensation settlement for ex-miners crippled by osteoarthritis. Read

MP calls for rugby ‘Ryder Cup’

A LEADING Welsh politician has called for the British and Irish Lions to be scrapped in favour of a European rugby team. Read

No 10 plays down reforming the monarchy

DOWNING Street last night played down reports it was considering moves, drawn up by a Welsh MP, to end the 300-year-long ban on Roman Catholics taking the throne and eldest daughters succeeding as monarch. Read

Group’s ‘no’ to Assembly lawmaking

OPPONENTS of further powers for the National Assembly have thrown down the gauntlet by announcing the formation of a cross-party campaign called True Wales. Read

AM wants more art on show in Wales

THE nation’s art treasures must not be allowed to languish in storerooms but should be on public display, an AM declared yesterday. Read

Call for powers vote with Assembly poll

A THINK TANK director has advocated holding a referendum on more powers for the National Assembly on the same day as the next Assembly election in 2011. Read