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	<description>Plaid Assembly Member for South Wales West including  Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Port Talbot and Swansea</description>
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		<title>UKBA Louise Perrett whistleblowing report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YESTERDAY I met with Jane Farleigh from the UK Border Agency to discuss the investigation in to the allegations made by whistleblower Louise Perrett who worked as an agency staff member at the UKBA in Cardiff. You can see the article that I wrote about these allegations on the Waleshome blog site at the time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/ukba-louise-perrett-whistleblowing-report</link>
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		<title>Sex workers: under the radar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;VE been meaning to blog about this issue since a fascinating meeting of the cross party group on human rights, which I chair. Our guest speaker that night, Tracey Sagar from Swansea University, talked to us about sex workers and the violence inflicted upon them, and gave us an insight into the lives of women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/sex-workers-under-the-radar</link>
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		<title>The fight against Ford continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;M JUST back from the latest Visteon Pension Action Group meeting at the Railwaymans Club in Swansea. If any of you don&#8217;t know the venue, it is typical of a working man&#8217;s club. Think the clubs in Our Friends from the North or Brassed Off, and you&#8217;re practically there.
Every time I go in there, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/the-fight-against-ford-continues</link>
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		<title>A Hobson&#8217;s choice for Wales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WELSH Government Business Minister Jane Hutt has this afternoon made a statement on in-year spending.
The new Westminster Government recently gave the administration in Cardiff a Hobson&#8217;s choice of a decision - make cuts both this year and next, or make double cuts next year. Ms Hutt announced that the Welsh Government has decided to spread the cuts over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/a-hobsons-choice-for-wales</link>
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		<title>Bethan pays tribute to caravans&#8217; economic contribution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
NEARLY £3.7m of consumer spending has been pumped into the economy of the Gower area in the last five years, thanks to the ever-increasing popularity of Gowerton Caravan Club site- and the Club promise there is much more to come.
The Caravan Club’s new Director General, Nick Lomas, recently present a symbolic cheque for £114m to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/bethan-pays-tribute-to-caravans-economic-contribution</link>
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		<title>Linamar to close. Was Ford partly to blame?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TODAY we found out that the Linamar car parts factory on Fabian Way in my region will close, perhaps at the end of 2010. From those I know who work there, they are in and out of meetings with management all day today, trying to come to some sort of agreement.
Whether this is too late at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/linamar-to-close-was-ford-partly-to-blame</link>
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		<title>Time for fire in our bellies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE time for internal party reselection for the Assembly election in 2011 is upon us, and constituency lists are open, and closed. Contrary to what Vaughan Roderick has said on his blog about me, I never intended to stand in Neath, and will be supporting Alun Llewelyn as the candidate all the way.
I think Alun [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/time-for-fire-in-our-bellies</link>
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		<title>From the record- youth criminal justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THIS is my speech from yesterday in the Senedd, on the report that the communities and culture committee that I sit on carried out regarding the young people in the secure estate/ discussion on the youth justice system.
Bethan Jenkins: Like the other speakers, I thank Sandy Mewies and the team that worked with us on the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/from-the-record-youth-criminal-justice</link>
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		<title>What to say about the budget?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IT&#8217;S taken some time for me to comment on the ConDem government&#8217;s budget as I&#8217;ve been busy this week, and I was ill on Wednesday. Better now &#8211; thanks for asking!
My first thought was that the recession gave us a year-zero opportunity to look at the future of the Welsh economy, and to ask what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/what-to-say-about-the-budget</link>
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		<title>Anonymity in rape cases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been quite  a lot of discussion recently about the new UK government&#8217;s intention to extend the anonymity of those accused of rape. David Cameron is quoted as preferring a &#8220;limited extension&#8221; to the law to cover the period between arrest and charges. This issue has initiated a huge debate, with many Labour politicians [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/anonymity-in-rape-cases</link>
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