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Apr 2 2008
Peter Hain, the former anti-apartheid campaigner and Cabinet Minister, calls for the world to act now to help Zimbabwe...
Mar 13 2008
WITH the economic winds battering Britain poised to do as much damage as the real winds battering the coast, Alistair Darling had little scope to deliver an upbeat Budget yesterday. In the circumstances, he did well to find any money at all to spend on worthy projects like increased child benefit and a higher (if one-off) winter fuel allowance for pensioners....
Mar 8 2008
IS LIFE in Wales really that gloomy? We have our own elected decision- making body for the first time in centuries, beautiful scenery, a thriving culture and even a rugby team that (fingers crossed this afternoon) is actually winning things....
Mar 7 2008
ASSEMBLY Members, learning this morning about the increases in their pay, may reflect that there’s never going to be a popular time to give more cash to politicians. But with the whole issue of how elected representatives make use of taxpayers’ money very much in the news, it’s a time to tread particularly carefully....
