Mark Drakeford
Call it the Great Welsh Train Robbery – a £4bn HS2 scandal happening in plain sight | Will Hayward
Thanks to a ministerial sleight of hand, the cost to Wales, already plagued by poor rail services, has been huge, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
Will Hayward
15, Oct, 2024 @5:00 AM
The Guardian view on Labour’s Welsh dilemma: winning a landslide with a lame duck leader | Editorial
Editorial: Vaughan Gething will only survive if he understands that Labour is a broad church, open to more than just those singing from his song sheet
Editorial
06, Jun, 2024 @5:24 PM
General election: Starmer and Sunak clash over taxes, the NHS and immigration in head-to-head TV debate – as it happened
Labour leader says prime minister’s claim he would raise people’s taxes by £2,000 is ‘nonsense’
Andrew Sparrow (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)
04, Jun, 2024 @10:26 PM
UK politics: Jeremy Hunt hints at October election – as it happened
Chancellor says date would allow a spending review to be carried out in time for next April
Andrew Sparrow
19, Mar, 2024 @6:31 PM
Boris Johnson ‘largely absent’ early in Covid crisis, Welsh leader tells inquiry
Mark Drakeford criticises UK ministers and says there is ‘plausible case’ that Welsh government should have acted sooner
Steven Morris
13, Mar, 2024 @5:15 PM
Northern Ireland will leave the union, and Scotland could too. True devolution is the only way to save it | Simon Jenkins
Yes, there are leadership crises everywhere, but make no mistake: the UK’s future rests on devolving more powers, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
02, Feb, 2024 @10:49 AM
Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England | Polly Toynbee
The Senedd’s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can work, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
30, Jan, 2024 @6:00 AM
Ed Balls says Starmer should perform ‘big U-turn’ and drop £28bn as size of green jobs plan – as it happened
Former shadow chancellor says people need to hear Labour say they are commitment to ‘sound public finances’ over worries about taxation increase
Andrew Sparrow
25, Jan, 2024 @5:09 PM
Government has ‘devised options’ to deal with outstanding Horizon convictions in Post Office scandal, minister says – as it happened
Government hopes to soon be able to announce measures for resolving outstanding criminal convictions, business minister Kevin Hollinrake says
Tom Ambrose and Andrew Sparrow
08, Jan, 2024 @8:58 PM
Mark Drakeford: ‘I hope people will see we did challenging and radical things’
Outgoing Welsh first minister reflects on his achievements before stepping down in spring
Steven Morris
22, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM
Kemi Badenoch defends trans guidance for schools after attacks from Tory right – as it happened
The women and equalities minister defends the guidance, but also claims telling children they are born in the wrong body is ‘harmful’
Andrew Sparrow
20, Dec, 2023 @4:46 PM
The Guardian view on Mark Drakeford: devolution’s frustrated fan | Editorial
Editorial: Wales’s first minister is stepping down after five years in which UK governments have spurned a constructive relationship
Editorial
14, Dec, 2023 @6:39 PM
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