An Article written by Llyr Powell – Chairman of the Centre for Welsh Studies Leaving the EU gives us the opportunity to intensify protection of animal welfare, like cracking down on the transport of live animals to the continent. Whilst a ban on live animal...
An Article written by Myles Power – Former EU Policy Adviser on Constitutional Affairs, Legal Affairs and Transport The Principle issue relating to the constant defeat of the Withdrawal Agreement is the insistence by the EU that there needs to be border controls...
An Article written by Conservative MEP Candidate Craig Lawton In recent months both the new First Minister and the new leader of Plaid Cymru have referred to the UK leaving the EU without a deal as “crashing out.” Their choice of language follows the exact same...
An Article written by Brexit Party Candidate – James Wells I have lived in Wales for the past 12 years with my wife and two children. I holidayed in Llandudno as a child and I love the Welsh countryside where I spend a fair bit of my spare time mountain biking...
Statement by CWS Chairman Llyr Powell:This is yet more State interference in family life. There is the question of why we need a new law in the first place. New laws are usually brought in by parliaments because existing legislation is not deemed to be working. But,...
An Article written by South East Wales Assembly Member Mark Reckless: The abolition of the Severn tolls presents fantastic economic opportunities for South East Wales and beyond. With regular journeys across the river Severn now more financially viable, commuters and...
Today the Centre for Welsh Studies released a policy paper calling on the UK Government to cut then scrap Air Passenger Duty. You can read the full report here.
An Article written by CWS Chairman Llyr Powell: The solution is to build more houses, not to prohibit people from owning their own homes. A very regressive step by the Labour Welsh Government. Right to buy, the savage Thatcherite policy of turning poor people into...
Update provided by CWS Chairman Llyr Powell: The Welsh Government and the National Assembly for Wales became responsible for some of the taxes paid in Wales in April 2018, with additional powers coming into effect in April 2019. Income Tax From 6 April 2019, people...
An Article written by Professor Kent Matthews: Carwyn Jones the First Minister of Wales has described a no-deal Brexit as ‘catastrophic’ and would cause ‘serious, long-lasting, economic and social damage’. I am sure the First Minister believes his own words and like...
