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  • MARK DRAKEFORD CALLS FOR CO-ORDINATED RESPONSE TO WELFARE CRISIS

    • February 26, 2012
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    A Cardiff Assembly Member has described the impact of the Government’s Welfare reforms as a crisis about to engulf our most disadvantaged people and communities. Cardiff West AM Mark Drakeford says that the worst of the cuts is still to come and he called for a new prominence to be given to the work going

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  • A Land Value Tax for Wales?

    • February 1, 2012
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    Mark Drakeford AM has called for the Silk Commission to consider the case for a Land Value Tax as part of its deliberations on whether tax raising powers should be devolved to Wales. Leading a short debate in Plenary this week on ‘A Land Value Tax for Wales’, Mr Drakeford said that a tax based

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  • TIME TO GET TOUGH ON PAYDAY LOAN COMPANIES

    • December 27, 2011
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    All four parties at the Assembly this week were united in their condemnation of high-interest loan companies who offer quick loans at eye-watering interest rates  – sometimes in excess of 4000%. It is one of the issues raised at the weekly surgeries which Kevin Brennan and I hold, where constituents have been enticed into taking

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  • MARK DRAKEFORD BACKS CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN VALLEYS METRO

    • December 7, 2011
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    Mark Drakeford, AM is backing calls for investment in a Metro rail system which is key to the economic regeneration of the South Wales area. He has added his name to a motion for debate in the National Assembly welcoming support for an integrated rapid transit system based on the valleys rail network and calling

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  • Heritage Lottery Grant for Insole Court welcomed

    • November 28, 2011
    • Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
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    The award of a Heritage Lottery grant that will secure the future of one of Cardiff’s  landmark buildings has been warmly welcomed by Cardiff West’s  AM Mark Drakeford and MP Kevin Brennan. The announcement of £165,900 for Insole Court in Llandaff,  will enable restoration plans to proceed which, if approved, will unlock £1.9 million of

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