22/09/2014 BBC Wales Today


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Rebuild the UK and give more powers to Wales or face growing calls

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That was the message from the First Minister to the Labour Party

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Carwyn Jones told delegates that, four days after the Scottish

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referendum, a conversation needs to take place now

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From Manchester, here's David Cornock.

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Better Together on the conference which, Ed Miliband was amongst

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friends. But the week after that, the cross-party consensus on what

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happens next is breaking down. The cameras were kicked out for his

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speech but Ed Miliband used it behind closed doors to use it to

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rally the troops and said David Cameron was setting the nations

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against each other. Labour's answer to questions about England's future

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is constitutional convention put forward by the First Minister. It

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would meet in a year if Ed Miliband becomes Prime Minister but what

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would it actually do? It would be the four government sitting down,

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working out the plan as to how it would develop, we would then set up

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a committee to move it forward. We would talk to the public, listen to

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the public and come back with a suggestion for the constitution.

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Critics say that as a device to avoid awkward questions about

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devolution. The Labour leader defended spending formula the First

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Minister says leaves his budget 2% short each year. All the party

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leaders say we think the Barnett formula has served us well and

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should continue. It is based on population, not need. Labour say

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they can top up the formula for Wales but won't say how. There are

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all put Rhys Jones at Westminster. Why should Welsh MPs vote on English

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issues when MPs from England have no say on health and education in

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Wales? David Cameron thinks the answer could be to stop non-Welsh

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MPs voting on issues. That could be a big headache for David Miliband.

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-- Ed Miliband. Scotland's referenda may have sent

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the rest of the UK on a journey, the final destination where ever you

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live remains as much of a mystery as the estimated time of arrival.

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Tonight, a Welsh Conservative MP says there's

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a willingness within the UK Government to consider devolving

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It comes as senior Conservatives have spent the day at the

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Prime Minister's country residence, Chequers, discussing plans to

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Welcome to border country, north of Welshpool, this village straddles

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the boundary between Wales and England, its politics already

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complicated by devolution could become even more do the court. In

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the last days of the Scottish independence campaign, the three

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main party leaders vowed to give more powers to Edinburgh. I was

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after that no result, the Prime Minister said it should go

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hand-in-hand with plans to ensure only English MPs vote on English

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issues. It could pose a particular problem for border MPs. We depend on

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the health service in Shropshire for treatment. The idea of me not being

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involved in the reorganisation of the service just over the other side

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of the border is just ridiculous. Meaning either side of the border is

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a part of daily life here. Even the golf club is situation in both

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countries. How do people here feel about the proposals? We are living

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on the border, there is no reason why I couldn't use an A department

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in a Welsh hospital. I hope it stays everyone voting for the country

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rather than the individual country, in other words, for the United

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Kingdom. Discussions were being held at the Prime Minister's country

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residence this afternoon. Conservative backbench MPs said they

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want the Prime Minister to go further on English devolution. One

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of the two Welsh Conservative MPs said the issue of significantly

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stronger powers for Wales was also on the table. I was very pleased

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that Lord Strathclyde was there today. His proposals for Scotland go

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much further. I think there was a willingness to look at the

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possibilities being implemented in the Welsh contact -- context. That

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could mean some control over VAT and welfare issues such as housing

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benefit. So, as the dust begins to settle on the independence

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referendum, it is clear there are many difficult obstacles for the UK

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Government to navigate on the political shape of the country.

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There are concerns that any big increases

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in the minimum wage could cause problems for small businesses here.

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It's after Labour proposed raising it to ?8 an hour

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That would increase wages for more than 290,000 employees in Wales -

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But one expert says it could mean tough decisions for some companies.

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I think they would look at opening albums, looking at their strategy

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with regards to business, can they afford to take on extra staff, can

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they afford to keep the staff they have got? I fink that is one thing

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that we need to ensure, as an industry, that we are taking into

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account. The family

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of a 19-year-old motorcyclist from Anglesey who was killed

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in a collision with a 4x4 say they Ben Calveley died on Sunday

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in the crash on the B5109. Gwynedd Council's planning committee

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has approved, subject to conditions, a new solar park

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on the outskirts of Caernarfon. The park will be built

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on nearly 28 hectares of land near the Menai Strait

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between Caernarfon and Felinheli and will produce 15 megawatts of

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electricity for the National Grid. Patients in Wales with pancreatic

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cancer will have access to the drug Abraxane on the NHS, unlike

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sufferers in the rest of the UK. The body which decides

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which drugs are available on the NHS in England says it is too expensive

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to be given before other treatments Abraxane has been shown to extend

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life by an average of two months. Campaigners are urging ministers to

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reverse a decision to shut one The seven-mile long

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Cwmcarn Forest Road will be closed to cars in November to allow tens

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of thousands of diseased larch trees Locals are worried heavy machinery

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will damage the road to such an Officials say they hope

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that won't happen. I can't give an absolute guarantee.

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We rely on pub -- public sector funding. We would love to reopen it.

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There was opportunity in as well that we might be able to reopen it

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and do something slightly different. Wrexham lost their game in a

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thrilling derby tonight. Chester managed to equalise in the second

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after and then scored again in injury time. Now, the weather. A bit

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of a change. A little but of rain in the forecast. Tomorrow morning, a

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dry and chilly start and then the rain will come through by the

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afternoon. That, it is barely clear and quiet. The mist and fog forming

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along the border and temperatures in the heart of Wales getting down to

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three Celsius so we could see a touch of grass frost. Tomorrow, we

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have this weather front approaching from the North West which comes with

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thicker cloud and a little rain. High pressure to the south of the

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United Kingdom. Tomorrow morning, chilly start, cloudy start and then

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it will brighten up and all awhile, the cloud is beginning across parts

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of the north and west. For the rest of the UK, we have that weather

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front across northern parts of England, showers following and

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further south and east it is dry and brighter and warmer. In Wales,

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tomorrow afternoon, the Wales will come in right across to Wrexham in

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late afternoon, all the way to Pembrokeshire. Further south and

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east, it is drier and brighter. The rain band will clear tomorrow night

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and behind it a few showers and remaining proudly. It will be a

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fairly mild night, temperatures remaining in double figures. --

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remaining cloudy. Wednesday was shot of with a showery note. -- Wednesday

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will start off. A similar picture for Thursday and Friday.

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We are back with the latest news and sport from 6am tomorrow morning.

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Thank you for watching. Good night.

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