Christmas looks grim for nearly 70,000 people in Wales who are currently claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance.  Those who receive JSA’s £65.45 a week are unlikely to be splashing out the average household spend of £645 on Christmas, and instead face…

Whilst we all digest the latest analysis from the institute of fiscal studies that illustrate how “average incomes are forecast to stagnate and both absolute and relative poverty among children and working-age adults are expected to rise”, it is perhaps…

The Local Government budget settlement announced on 23 November was judged ‘as good as it gets’ by local authority representatives. It announced a revenue decrease for local authorities of 1.4% for 2011/12, followed by rises of 0.2% and 1.3% for…

Why is it that as a society we have travelled so far and appear to have got nowhere? Just a couple of generations ago, a father would think nothing of walking 6 miles to work and home again. Today, for…

Laura Trefor writes the point of view about her new grandson, GryFF. I am not yet part of the digital revolution – but I hope to be so soon. But I want to make my voice heard. This coalition government…