Summary
Am Leighton Andrews highlights developments which ensure a joined- up approach to regeneration in the Valleys AFTER my election to the Assembly in 2003 as Labour AM for the Rhondda, I met the WDA to discuss their plans for the regeneration of the area. It was a dispiriting meeting. Their approach to regeneration wasn't holistic; it wasn't integrated across their own departments; and it certainly wasn't strategic.
I left the meeting feeling that the WDA's approach to the Valleys consisted of providing industrial sites, and doing some land reclamation. Otherwise their plan for my constituents appeared to be "let them commute".See the full content of this document
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The Regeneration Agenda
So I sympathise with people who feel that it has taken some time to get a real focus on the needs of the Valleys. That was why I and other Valleys AMs and MPs pushed for a new approach at the start of the last Assembly.
The Western Mail last week carried a story about research comparing the experience of South Wales, Sout...See the full content of this document
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