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+ Gerald Holtham Our choice on tax powers David Marquand Wales in a two circle Europe Roger Scully Best and worst of times for the parties Nick Bourne Opening a window on Welsh politics Jane Davidson A central organising principle Prys Morgan Theatrical Land of the chapel Huw Bowen Swansea’s Copperopolis Ron Jones visions We need broadcasting new deal Trevor Fishlock Survival of an invented tradition David Melding When nationalism trumps socialism Peter Stead Fifty year stint www.iwa.org.uk | Winter 2011 | No. 45 | £10 The Institute of Welsh Affairs gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and the Waterloo Foundation. 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Connectivity priority Editor: John Osmond for capital city region Associate Editors: Geraint Talfan Davies Rhys David The nature and the scope of the Yet if Wales is to go down this route – relationship that should prevail between in the Cardiff region first but potentially in Administration: Helen Sims-Coomber Cardiff and its hinterland is one of the other parts of the country later – there has great unresolved issues of Welsh public to be buy-in from all concerned and not a Design: [email protected] life. It involves at one level the physical residual feeling that this is just the capital on boundaries of the various local government another aggrandising trip. In Manchester To advertise, tel: 029 2066 0820 and other authorities governing the area. this has happened. The spokesman for Institute of Welsh Affairs Is Greater Cardiff, to use that taboo term, the Manchester ‘brand’ is now as likely to 4 Cathedral Road Cardiff and the Valleys, Cardiff and the come from Wigan or Bury as from the city Cardiff CF11 9LJ Vale, or Cardiff, the Vale and the Valleys? itself. We need to reach the same degree Tel: 029 2066 0820 At another level what should be their of consensus in south east Wales so that Email: [email protected] www.iwa.org.uk responsibilities and at which tiers should someone from Nantymoel or Abertysswg they be vested? Even more importantly, can feel as confident about projecting The IWA is a non-aligned independent where within a more co-ordinated region the Cardiff region as a Cardiff & Co think-tank and research institute. should scarce resources be best directed to ambassador. For this to happen everyone Members (annual subscription £40) receive agenda three times a year, ensure the greatest prosperity for all? in the region must feel – and see tangible can purchase reports at a 25 per cent These are all important issues open evidence – that they, too, will benefit from reduction, and receive discounts when to debate. However, as the Getting Ahead promoting the Cardiff brand which, after all, attending IWA events. Together: Connecting Cardiff and the Valleys is the only one to hand that has a chance of Branches IWA conference held this autumn made international recognition. clear, the time has now come to resolve The problems in parts of the region, North Wales Secretariat c/o Huw Lewis matters and take action. Old boundaries especially the Heads of the Valleys, are 6 Maes yr Haul, Mold, have become completely permeable. chronic and have responded only partially Flintshire CH7 1NS Previously vibrant communities are no to countless previous initiatives. So this Tel: 01352 758311 longer self-sufficient as they once were is no time to get bogged down in the Gwent Secretariat when jobs were close at hand. Large displacement activity of creating new local c/o Chris O’Malley numbers travel daily across the region government structures. Instead, solutions University of Wales, Newport, Caerleon Campus to where the employment, housing, must be practical and capable of swift PO Box 179, Newport NP18 3YG retail and leisure facilities are. More than introduction. This is the challenge facing the Tel: 01633 432005 70,000 people commute into Cardiff from City Region Task and Finish Group set up West Wales Secretariat surrounding areas to work each day, mainly by Business and Enterprise Minister Edwina c/o Margaret Davies by car. In practice, if not in an organised and Hart and chaired by Elizabeth Haywood Principal’s Office, Trinity University efficient form, the city region is already here. who is also Director of the South East Wales College, Carmarthen SA31 3EP How much better therefore to plan for Economic Forum. Tel: 01267 237971 the allocation of resources on this much Fortunately, there is one project Swansea Bay Secretariat wider basis, so that important decisions can on which there is already widespread c/o Beti Williams be made on how most effectively to deal agreement and around which the city Department of Computer Science, with public transport provision, new housing, region as a whole could coalesce to make Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP tourism, waste management, and to ensure a strong case to the UK Government. Tel: 01792 295625 the region as a whole is a strong contender Electrification of the Cardiff suburban for economic development projects. railway network – from Ebbw Vale in Cardiff and Valleys Secretariat c/o Llio Ellis This is already being done in Scotland the east to Maesteg in the west –would 3 De Clare Drive, where the reality of city regions has help invigorate the region in a way no Radyr, Cardiff CF15 8FY been recognised. Across the world, too, previous public expenditure has managed. Tel: 07971 246116 some of the most successful cities such
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