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Welsh public audit Bill 'unbalanced', says auditor generalProposals to improve corporate governance at the Wales Audit Office are 'over-prescriptive and unbalanced', according to the Welsh auditor general. 14 May 2012
Wales slams 'flawed case' for regional public sector payThe case for varying public sector pay on a regional basis is 'deeply flawed' and would be 'economically damaging', according to Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt. 09 May 2012
Labour could reverse its 2008 local losses, says LGIULabour could pick up as many as 300 council seats in the local elections on Thursday, the head of the Local Government Information Unit has predicted. 01 May 2012
Devolved governments slam Osborne's local pay planThe UK's devolved governments are set on a collision course with Chancellor George Osborne over his proposal to abolish national pay deals in the public sector. 19 March 2012

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Through a glass, lightlyShould the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers finds some reasons to be cheerful 18 November 2010
Way ahead for WAOJeremy Colman believes audit bodies should themselves be accountable. He tells Paul Dicken that, after an external review, the Wales Audit Office is in better shape to cope with recession 11 November 2009
Work in progressWelsh voters were lukewarm about devolution over a decade ago. 27 February 2009

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