Tag: Public Bodies

You've probably all seen this. You've probably all said this. When spending decisions are debated or announced – whether it's ...

The next two pieces in this series on transport will be a bit meatier, looking at where Wales might be ...

Back in September, Plaid Cymru published a report they commissioned into the "Welsh deficit" (pdf). The deficit is the difference ...

The penultimate part of this series on local government and independence looks at how local democracy and community spirit could ...

In case it wasn't obvious, the chances of any significant local government reform – considering the current and expected state ...

The final four posts on local government and independence start with a look at money. Firstly, a word of warning. ...

The final piece in this mini-series examining decentralisation within Wales after independence looks at perhaps the thing you've been waiting ...

I've looked at the Constitution in more detail previously, while some of the available options for introducing devolution or federalism ...

In the previous piece, I looked at governance at the community level. Today, it goes up a level to counties ...

An examination of the issues, lack of reform and international comparisons are out of the way. So it's time to ...

After a short break, next up in this series on local government is an examination of how Wales' peer countries ...

Reforming local government has been a rather fruitless endeavour since devolution - to the extent that a few years ago ...

Having looked at how local government in Wales has got to where it is, next it's worth examining how local ...

Over the rest of summer and the autumn, I'll be doing a series on local government (a revisit to a ...

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The final post in this "Welsh Justice System" series focuses on the least comfortable element – prisons and prisoners - ...

The final two pieces in this series look at how criminals can be managed in Wales after independence. While the ...

This is a rewrite of a piece originally written in 2015 and long overdue given the number of developments in ...

The final part of this mini-series looks at running the police as well as how to hold the police to ...

It's an understatement to say that sections of society have trust issues with the police at the moment. It's impossible ...

With the look at the current strength and administration of the police (Part Va) and some of the issues facing ...

Next, a look at some of the major challenges police forces in Wales (and the UK more generally) continue to ...

The second theme of State of Wales' look at the justice system and independence moves to the police. As is ...

(Title Image: © Copyright Nigel Davies and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-2.0) At first glance, using the ...