Devolution means housing policy is diverging across the UK. In a lecture for the CIH, Tamsin Stirling gives a Welsh perspective on what we can learn from each other. A former editor and regular WHQ contributor, Tamsin was asked by the… Read more »
Archive for: May, 2016
Carl Sargeant back as housing minister
Carl Sargeant returns to the housing brief in the new Welsh Government as cabinet secretary for communities and children. The team for the new Welsh Government was announced by Carwyn Jones on Thursday afternoon after he was sworn in as… Read more »
Refugees welcome
Lyndon Puddy reflects on Torfaen’s experience of the Syrian Resettlement Programme. Torfaen council and the people of the Eastern Valley have a long and proud tradition of welcoming and supporting refugees and other vulnerable people in times of need. When the… Read more »
Election 2016 results
Labour won 29 seats an election that leaves it just short of a majority in the new Assembly. The story of the night was Leanne Wood’s victory in the Rhondda. The Plaid Cymru leader beat Labour’s Leighton Andrews in the only constituency… Read more »