Momentum Is Building Behind the Case for a More Powerful Government to Serve Wales ; Wales Under Scrutiny and a New Chapter in the Nation's Politics has Opened
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IT IS unlikely that historians will look back at this week as a turning point for the Welsh economy - but there is evidence everywhere that a new chapter in the nation's politics has opened.
On Monday the Assembly Government tore up the rule-book on economic development and moved to kill off the grant-giving culture, and instead invest in infrastructure such as next-generation broadband.See the full content of this document
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Momentum Is Building Behind the Case for a More Powerful Government to Serve Wales ; Wales Under Scrutiny and a New Chapter in the Nation's Politics has Opened
The next day, Aberdare-born economist Gerry Holtham - one of the leading intellectual forces behind New Labour - launched a Government-commissioned report which called for the Assembly to gain the power to vary income tax by 3p in the pound.
Plaid Cymru believes this is the latest sign that radical political climate change has taken place and the "New Welsh Agenda" it promised back in 2008 is thriving as next year's Assembly election swings into view.But Labour is also upbeat and adamant that the policies are joint- owned and at the heart of the One Wales coalition agreement the two parties backed overwhelmingly in 2007.Plaid suffered a disappointing general electi...See the full content of this document
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