Democracy in England is looking “glaringly behind the times” compared to Wales, according to the Electoral Reform Society. New legislation published today by the Welsh Government will pave the way for votes at 16 at local elections in Wales. It will also allow councils to switch from a first-past-the-post voting […]
Mark Mansfield Cardiff’s Temple of Peace provided a spectacular backdrop to YesCymru’s Economics of an Independent Wales event on Saturday. With 12 experts in various fields, three-panel discussions compèred by broadcaster Beti George and an audience of close to 150 attendees, discussions centred on the reasons the Welsh economy is […]
Labour Assembly Member Alun Davies has called for an urgent inquiry by the Labour party into their candidate in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. Maria Carroll, who is challenging Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards in the seat, was alleged in the Daily Mail to have run a secret Facebook group which […]
A third of Conservative general election candidates for Welsh constituencies live outside the country. Official lists of candidates published by local authorities reveal that the Conservative candidate in 13 of 40 Welsh seats do not have a home address in Wales. That list includes target seats for the Tories, such […]
Plaid Cymru have said that they would introduce a new Welsh Child Payment for low-income families and free universal childcare for all 1-3 year olds in Wales. 50,000 children would be lifted out of poverty through the introduction of a new Welsh Child Payment for low-income families, they claimed. The […]
Gwlad Gwlad have said they will contest four seats at the General Election where Plaid Cymru have stood down for the Liberal Democrats and Greens. The party formerly known as Ein Gwlad which describes itself online as centre-right and pro-Brexit said they will stand in Montgomery, Brecon and Radnor, Cardiff […]
A company co-directed by a businessman named in connection with a new intelligence report on Russian interference in UK politics has been donating money to help the Conservatives hold some of their most marginal constituencies in Wales. Alexander Temerko, who worked at Russia’s defence ministry in the 1990s, was named […]
Voters consider Plaid Cymru the party they most trust to represent Wales’ interests at Westminster, with the Conservatives in second place, according to a new poll. The YouGov poll showed that 32% trusted Plaid Cymru to represent Wales’ interest at Westminster, followed by 21% for the Conservatives and 20% for […]
The Conservatives have chosen the Chair of Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservatives to stand in the Ynys Môn constituency. Virginia Ann Crosbie is a maths teacher has lived in West Sussex for 10 years with her husband and three children. Her Grandfather was from Merthyr Tydfil, and her father from […]
Picture by Denis Egan (CC BY 2.0) Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Environment Committee Progress on Marine Protected Areas (pdf) Published: 14th November 2019 This inquiry was a follow-up to a report published in August 2017. A lack of Welsh Government enforcement duties has hindered progress Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are all forms […]
