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4 Oct 11
A sudden spike in complaints about members of the National Assembly for Wales occurred in the run-up to last May's elections, according to a report published today by the standards commissioner.
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28 Sep 11
Reform of the Wales Audit Office and a more interventionist approach to local authorities are included in the Welsh Programme for Government announced yesterday by First Minister Carwyn Jones.
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21 Sep 11
The Wales Audit Office has been through a difficult year but has emerged stronger and is now on a 'sound footing', the auditor general for Wales has said.
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16 Sep 11
A test being developed by Cardiff scientists could save the NHS tens of millions of pounds annually in the costs of wound treatments, the Welsh Government has said.
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16 Aug 11
Welsh ministers should monitor how much is spent through its Merlin contract, which provides IT services for the government and Assembly, auditors have said.
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27 Jun 11
More than eight out of ten doctors prefer working in Wales to England, according to a survey published by the British Medical Association today.
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24 Jun 11
Failures by the University of Wales to carry out financial and legal due diligence on overseas partner institutions have damaged the reputation of the country’s higher education, the Welsh education...
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23 Jun 11
Wales’ first minister has called for a radical extension of his government’s powers over finance.
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1 Jun 11
Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has warned his Scottish counterpart that Scotland could lose Westminster block grant if it follows Belfast’s bid to set its own corporation tax.
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25 May 11
Attendance allowance should be 'renamed and rebranded' under a new social care system based on both individual and state contributions, the head of the independent commission examining care funding...
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20 May 11
The Welsh Local Government Association has urged the new Assembly government to find its ‘own solution’ to Westminster’s proposals to establish police and crime commissioners.
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12 May 11
MPs have warned of a threat to the operational and financial independence of the Welsh language broadcaster S4C under the Treasury’s proposed funding arrangements.
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6 May 11
Labour made significant gains in the Welsh Assembly elections but failed to secure an outright majority
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19 Apr 11
It’s all in the timing. One year after the coalition government was formed, the turn of the electoral cycle means that on May 5 it faces its largest test short of a general election.
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4 Apr 11
The National Assembly for Wales is to ask the police to probe the handling of Wales Audit Office accounts by former auditor general Jeremy Colman
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16 Mar 11
An external team of commissioners has taken over the running of Isle of Anglesey County Council.
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16 Mar 11
An external team should take over the running of Isle of Anglesey County Council, auditors have recommended.
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4 Mar 11
Wales has voted overwhelmingly in favour of extending the powers of the National Assembly for Wales in yesterday’s referendum.
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28 Feb 11
The Welsh Government is consulting on the future of libraries. It suggests libraries work together more to review their services and help improve national literacy rates
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7 Feb 11
Assembly members have raised concerns over 'systematic failings' in how Forestry Commission Wales distributes public money
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1 Feb 11
Almost a third of eligible children are missing out on free school meals because of the stigma associated with claiming them, Welsh Assembly members said today.
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21 Jan 11
Assembly members have criticised the Welsh ombudsman’s latest budget as confusing and lacking in detail.
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19 Jan 11
Disputes between the devolved nations and Whitehall over funding issues should be resolved independently and not by the Treasury, the author of the review into Welsh funding and finance has said.
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4 Jan 11
Tony Redmond, former chair of the Commission for Local Administration in England and local government ombudsman, has been knighted in the latest round of honours
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8 Dec 10
There have been significant problems with the accounts of the Welsh Audit Office, two separate inquiries have found