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There is a generation of children screaming out to be heard – an open letter from the Children’s Laureate of Wales

Connor Allen, Children’s Laureate Wales To the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, As the current Children’s Laureate of…

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Why the Educational Maintenance Allowance matters

Mike Hedges MS I was very pleased to take the opportunity to co-sign the motion to support an increase in…

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I say Bannau, you talk a load of B***ox

Gwern Gwynfil, CEO YesCymru It’s been fun watching the meltdowns on social media this week, and those in the less…

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Why decreased access to swimming is harming children and young people

Karen Howells, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University Swimming is a unique activity. Not only is…

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Pride, pomp, and circumstance

Ben Wildsmith The opposite of love is indifference, and it would seem that King Charles is feeling its sharpened tooth…

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The Labour Party’s recent attack ads suggest the next general election campaign could be the most toxic ever

Martin Shipton Politicians deserve to be held to account for their policies, but was it a step too far to…

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For Wales to progress we need prudential borrowing powers

Carolyn Thomas MS From the climate crisis to the National Health Service through to the housing crisis and public transport,…

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The Crown Estate: violating Wales’ right to profit from its own natural resources

Hayden Williams International treaties, which the UK government has signed, confirm Welsh arguments that Crown Estate lands in Wales should…

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Why we need a ‘Senedd brake’ to protect Welsh devolution

Liz Saville Roberts MP At the end of February, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der…

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The Long Read: When empires fail

Gareth Wyn Jones examines myths of Empire and present-day delusions of grandeur. The famous Danish scientist, Niels Bohr, distinguished ‘two…

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Shaky and Carol – spearheads of the new Welsh resistance

Ben Wildsmith On the tenth anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s death, the time seems ripe for a reassessment of the 1980s…

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The village that lost its Welsh name overnight

Stephen Price Back in January 2015, with the Heads of the Valleys Road widening in full swing, few communities were…

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