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- What price the McKinsey report? by What Is Wales And What Is It For? on Nov 4, 2009
The NHS in Wales is to come under the scrutiny of management consultants McKinsey and Co, it was revealed today.This is the same company which early this year was employed by the UK government to find out what changes could be made to the NHS in Engl...
- Hidden Killer by What Is Wales And What Is It For? on Oct 30, 2009
Are Welsh schoolchildren and teachers sitting on a health time-bomb?It is a frightening question and one which has been asked increasingly loudly throughout the last few months.The concern relates to asbestos in our school buildings.Between the 1960s...
- High Pay Commission by What Is Wales And What Is It For? on Aug 18, 2009
A worker on a 40-hour week earning the minimum wage would have to work for around 226 years to receive the same remuneration as a FTSE 100 CEO does in just one year, according to the campaign group Compass.It is calling for the creation of a High Pay...
- Looking Beyond The Label by What Is Wales And What Is It For? on Jun 15, 2009
Nearly a quarter of people in Wales believe 100,000 or more asylum seekers come to the UK every year - four times the actual figure.The figure is revealed in a special ICM poll commissioned by the British Red Cross to mark Refugee Week.Accoring to Si...
- Turning memorial into political football by What Is Wales And What Is It For? on Apr 2, 2009
The 'Wise and Foolish Dreamers' project which works with relatives of International Brigaders has been looking into the possibility of a new memorial to complement the one already in place in Cathays Park.Some relatives have raised the possibility of...
- Asylum Justice: Young Family to Stay in Swansea by What Is Wales And What Is It For? on Mar 26, 2009
Campaigners in Swansea are celebrating after young mum Venera Aliyeva was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK.The UK Government had been trying to deport her and her two children to Azerbaijan.But as What Is Wales? reported in 2007, locals b...
- Battered over lack of ballot by What Is Wales And What Is It For? on Mar 16, 2009
During this month’s anniversary coverage of the 1984/85 miners’ strike much has been made of the lack of a national ballot among NUM members.Lord Kinnock, in particular, has always used the union failure to ballot all its membership as a stick to...
