Tag: Welsh Law

Following neatly on from last week's look at alcohol policy and independence, it's time to look at one old vice ...

Does Wales have a drinking problem? If so, what can be done about it? Is the problem fixing itself? Having ...

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The final part of this mini-series on democracy and independence focuses on raising standards of political conduct and making politics ...

State of Wales returns in 2024 with a look at an often debated element of the planning system – Local ...

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Last week, the Senedd (Members & Elections) Bill was tabled. It comes after the best part of 20 years of ...

The previous piece looked at roads and independence. This time, it's buses (including community transport). The current situation (though arguably ...

The first half of this series focused on general transport issues - not only those that need to be addressed ...

After looking at some of the  blunders and missed opportunities when it comes to transport, it's time for the "good ...

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 ...

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 ...

As you'll probably know by now, in the last few weeks the (at least) second Senedd committee set up to ...

  Today I'll be taking a look at how Wales preserves the historic environment and how that may or may ...

Hammered by the pandemic and cuts, much-maligned and seeming unfashionable – are buses being unfairly overlooked in discussions around transport ...

The final piece of this chunk of articles on the judiciary and independence focuses on the structure and make-up of ...

Although they play the role of "referee" during trials and hearings - especially in adversarial systems - at the heart ...

After looking at the issue of access to justice, the focus turns to those responsible for securing justice on behalf ...

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

For the last decade or so, most of the focus on local government reform in Wales has centred on the ...

This final part of the first mini-series on a Welsh legal system looks at law-making and the possible relationship between ...

The final two articles in this mini-series cover probably the most constitutionally important elements. I start with a look at ...