Interesting article in the Western Mail today reporting that First Minister Carwyn Jones might have to agree to new tax vary powers for the Welsh Assembly and as a result he is starting to shift his position on the matter from outright hostility to a sort of it might be OK one day approach after he gets borrowing powers etc.
Nothing has been confirmed by the UK Government and were probably a while of any changes to the Assembly’s powers, but it's interesting to note that despite Labour in Cardiff and London kicking this into the long grass before the Assembly election, they could now be faced with having to deal with the issue because Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and his SNP colleagues are pushing the UK Government on the tax powers for the Scottish Parliament and David Cameron has stated his intention to devolve more powers to local communities.
Whatever happens let’s hope the folks in Cardiff Bay are alert to this and get the best deal for Welsh voters - maybe the next five years aren’t going to be a dull as I thought.
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