First Minister Carwyn Jones says Labour's policy to cap tuition fees for students in England by a third would save Wales money.

Changes made by the government to university tuition fees in England are as likely to cost public money as to save it, the Higher Education Policy Institute says.

Have Your Whine Councils in England and Wales are considering switching off some of their street lights to save money and energy. Is this the best way for councils to cut emissions? Councils say that switching off the lights will cut carbon dioxide emissions and help them to reduce their carbon footprints. Turning lights off at certain time will also save money. This is one of those issues where I...

Sixteen magistrates and county courts in Wales are to close to save money although two will be reprieved, the Ministry of Justice has announced.

Yet more devolved health nonsense.In summary:"...people studying nursing in Wales are better off to the tune of over six grand than if they studied in England. English come to study in Wales, get money from the already cash-strapped Welsh NHS, then they bugger off back to England. Wales is paying to train English nurses."Damon Lord has more on it here.

First Minister Carwyn Jones says cutting the maximum university fee for students in England by a third would save Wales money. Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party would reduce the tuition fee cap from £9,000 to £6,000 if in power. Most Welsh students are set to pay about £3,400 a year from 2012, with the Welsh Government paying the rest. Mr Jones said it could mean the W...

FAMILIES who travel from Wales to England should be able to register births and deaths in Welsh as well as English, Plaid Cymru said yesterday.

So the Lib Dems plan to punish the English who live in the South of England, especially the South East whilst at the same time their Celtic heartlands enjoy that money being hosed around in Scotland and Wales. They will whinge on about anyone with a big house being able to "afford it" - but lets remember that money that goes to the government to pay for places like 75% public sector employee zones...

Back in 2006 Peter Troy and I ran a blog about local campaigns against government plans to merge police forces. We subtitled it "For greater democratic control of the police". The proposal's risen from its sleep, this time at the behest of ACPO. The leader of chief constables in England and Wales has called for the amalgamation of forces to save money. Sir Hugh Orde says amalgamation would re...

A higher proportion of children in Wales live in severe poverty compared to the rest of the UK, according to Save the Children. It said 90,000 children (14%) live in low income homes which are often poorly heated and where it is a struggle to pay for basics like food and clothes. This compares to 13% in England and 9% in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Labour have pledged to eradicate all child pov...