Byron Davies, Conservative Assembly Shadow Minister for Transport, agreed, saying: “Welsh Conservatives proposed a freeze on the Severn tolls for the next four years, which would have saved Welsh motorists £3.4m in 2012 alone. …
Slow pace of Welsh Budget talks causing concern
Carwyn Jones’ party is currently in negotiations with Plaid and the Lib Dems to get a deal on its £14bn Budget, which is due to be laid before the Assembly on November 29. With 30 of the 60 seats in the Assembly, Labour needs at least one opposition AM …
19th century village hall is greenest in Wales
Ann Jones, Labour’s Welsh Assembly Member for the Vale of Clwyd, added: “This project is very much in line with Welsh Assembly Government thinking about how communities need to take care of our planet. “I believe this is a first and I hope they can …
Questions over Welsh Assembly environment grants accountability
A Welsh assembly environment committee member wants more scrutiny, with groups receiving nearly £20m in three years. Plaid Cymru AM Llyr Huws Gruffydd said: “When these sums are added up, they are incredible amounts.” The Welsh government said all …
Voters and politicians need to know how Wales’ money is being spent
THE scathing report from the National Assembly’s finance committee about the Welsh Government’s draft budget is worrying for a number of reasons. At a time when spending cuts make it more important than ever to ensure …
Knuckle dusters, CS gas and a bullet found at Welsh assembly
Knuckle dusters, CS gas and a bullet are among items confiscated from visitors to the Welsh assembly. Information obtained by BBC Wales also shows knives and a scalpel were seized by South Wales Police officers between April …
How successful are the Welsh Government’s so-called ‘Made in Wales’ policies?
A ban on unmanned sunbed salons comes into force in Wales on Monday, little more than a week after the Assembly debated a ban on the smacking of children. Both issues added to the view of many that the Welsh Government is obsessed with banning things …
Plaid Cymru Elin Jones under fire for claiming UK is now "a pretence …
Andrew RT Davies, the Welsh Conservative leader at the National Assembly, said: “As someone who aspires to be her party’s next leader, Elin Jones wants to cut Wales off from the rest of the UK instead of ensuring it plays a full and active part in the …
Welsh woodchip company wins contract to heat Assembly
A WELSH renewable energy company has secured an agreement to supply the National Assembly for Wales’ Senedd building in Cardiff Bay with woodchip biomass fuel. Monmouthshire-based Path-finder Renewable Energy has supplied …
Cheryl Gillan wants more Welsh assembly accountability
Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan says she is in favour of politicians in the Welsh assembly being made more accountable for how they spend their £15bn budget. But Mrs Gillan would not be drawn on how assembly members should be elected in the future. …
