http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/ Welsh politics news. Read about the latest political news in Wales. Updates on the Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff, the politicians, the policies and more. en-gb http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/am-cannot-see-what-all-the-fuss-is-about-91466-20888905/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/am-cannot-see-what-all-the-fuss-is-about-91466-20888905/ A LABOUR AM yesterday became the first to speak out against plans to publish members’ expense claims, saying the current system was enough. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/guto-charged-with-keeping-johnson-out-of-trouble-91466-20888917/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/guto-charged-with-keeping-johnson-out-of-trouble-91466-20888917/ A FORMER BBC journalist was yesterday unveiled as the man to manage the public face of famously gaffe-prone new London mayor Boris Johnson. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/clwyd-backs-delivering-aid-directly-into-burma-against-the-junta-s-wishes-91466-20888795/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/clwyd-backs-delivering-aid-directly-into-burma-against-the-junta-s-wishes-91466-20888795/ AID should be delivered to Burma by whatever means possible, a senior Labour MP said last night. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/ghost-of-major-haunts-brown-91466-20888839/ Fri, 09 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/10/ghost-of-major-haunts-brown-91466-20888839/ GORDON Brown’s poll ratings are plummeting to levels not seen for decades. The PM is under pressure, but, wonders Political Editor Tomos Livingstone, is his administration doomed just yet? http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/12/memoirs-add-to-prime-minister-s-woes-91466-20894374/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/12/memoirs-add-to-prime-minister-s-woes-91466-20894374/ FOREIGN Secretary David Miliband came out batting for the Prime Minister yesterday after another weekend of dreadful headlines for Gordon Brown. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/12/former-am-heading-for-by-election-defeat-91466-20894379/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/12/former-am-heading-for-by-election-defeat-91466-20894379/ FORMER AM Tamsin Dunwoody looks to be heading for defeat in her attempt to win her mother’s old seat of Crewe & Nantwich in a vital parliamentary by-election. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/straw-leads-tributes-to-labour-stalwart-gwyneth-dunwoody-91466-20885414/ Fri, 09 May 2008 07:49:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/straw-leads-tributes-to-labour-stalwart-gwyneth-dunwoody-91466-20885414/ JACK STRAW led the tributes as MPs across the party divide paid their respects at the funeral of long-serving Parliamentarian Gwyneth Dunwoody. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/meet-the-fantasy-welsh-cabinet-91466-20883652/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/meet-the-fantasy-welsh-cabinet-91466-20883652/ Ever wondered who the best Welsh politicians of all time were? What if you could pick them all for a fantasy Cabinet? Political Editor Tomos Livingstone has a go at the ultimate anoraks’ parlour game http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/language-law-could-frighten-companies-away-from-wales-91466-20883861/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/language-law-could-frighten-companies-away-from-wales-91466-20883861/ COMPANIES could be scared off from investing in Wales if they are forced to provide all services bilingually, a senior business leader warned yesterday. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/church-attendance-in-wales-plummeting-91466-20883880/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/church-attendance-in-wales-plummeting-91466-20883880/ CHURCH attendance in Wales could decline to less than a quarter of its current level according to an analysis of the country’s religious trends. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/give-creaking-welsh-law-making-system-time-says-rhodri-91466-20883897/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/give-creaking-welsh-law-making-system-time-says-rhodri-91466-20883897/ WALES’ new system of making its own laws “creaks a bit”, Rhodri Morgan admitted yesterday – but insisted it needed to be given time to work. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/committee-is-not-operating-as-expected-91466-20883898/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/committee-is-not-operating-as-expected-91466-20883898/ THE National Assembly’s Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas faced upsetting a number of Welsh MPs after telling the meeting he thought the Justice Committee should scrutinise Welsh legislation rather than the “tardy” Welsh Affairs Select Committee. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/west-wales-county-proves-popular-91466-20883979/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/west-wales-county-proves-popular-91466-20883979/ CEREDIGION has seen its population boom in the past 25 years, making it one of the fastest-growing areas of the United Kingdom. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/assembly-pledges-to-publish-ams-expenses-91466-20883981/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/assembly-pledges-to-publish-ams-expenses-91466-20883981/ THE National Assembly is to launch a major review into its expenses regime to avoid being tarred with what Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas has called the “disgraceful” behaviour of MPs. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/recycling-target-a-long-way-off-91466-20883982/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/recycling-target-a-long-way-off-91466-20883982/ Welsh homes are recycling more waste than ever before – but are still some way off achieving the Welsh Assembly Government’s ambitious 40% target. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/gravy-train-derailed-labour-in-local-elections-91466-20883983/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/gravy-train-derailed-labour-in-local-elections-91466-20883983/ BRUISED Labour MPs reported back from the local election campaign trail that the 10p tax row was a major concern on the doorstep – but several say that the words “John Lewis list” came up too, as did Assembly Members’ pay. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/wales-slips-further-behind-in-wealth-stakes-91466-20883984/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/wales-slips-further-behind-in-wealth-stakes-91466-20883984/ WALES is still struggling to close the wealth gap with the rest of the UK, according to figures published yesterday. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/assembly-pledges-to-publish-members-expenses-91466-20883995/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/assembly-pledges-to-publish-members-expenses-91466-20883995/ THE National Assembly is to launch a major review into its expenses regime to avoid being tainted by what Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas has called the “disgraceful” behaviour of MPs. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/gravy-train-derailed-labour-in-local-elections-91466-20884064/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/gravy-train-derailed-labour-in-local-elections-91466-20884064/ BRUISED Labour MPs reported back from the local election campaign trail that the 10p tax row was a major concern on the doorstep – but several say that the words “John Lewis list” came up too, as did Assembly Members’ pay. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/assembly-pledges-to-publish-members-expenses-91466-20884067/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/05/09/assembly-pledges-to-publish-members-expenses-91466-20884067/ THE National Assembly is to launch a major review into its expenses regime to avoid being tainted by what Presiding Officer Lord Elis-Thomas has called the “disgraceful” behaviour of MPs.