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	<title>Bethan Jenkins AC/AM Blog</title>
	<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk</link>
	<description>Plaid Assembly Member for South Wales West including  Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Port Talbot and Swansea</description>
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		<title>&#8216;Who gets the tip?&#8217; campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to flag up a new campaign which was launched recently called ‘Who gets the tip?, which you might find of interest. The campaign’s aim being that businesses such as restaurants/pubs/cafes or other places where you tip, are more transparent with their staff and customers on how those tips are divided up.
If there’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/who-gets-the-tip-campaign</link>
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		<title>International Women&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I SPOKE at three very inspiring International Women&#8217;s Day events yesterday. The first was for Chwarae Teg in Bridgend with co-speakers Charlotte Williams, Tessa Sanderson, Denise and Janet Hay, and Hayley Parsons from Go Compare.com. I spoke at a Bevan Foundation event in Merthyr Tydfil on a panel with other women in public life, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/international-womens-day</link>
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		<title>From the record- eating disorders question</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a question I raised on Tuesday during business questions to Jane Hutt AM, regarding eating disorders:
Bethan Jenkins: As you know, it is Eating Disorders Awareness Week this week. This evening, a new charity, beat Cymru, will be launched in the Senedd. New research by Beaufort Research Ltd in Cardiff has recently been published. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/from-the-record-eating-disorders-question</link>
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		<title>Eating disorders not a lifestyle choice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t already know, I will tell you all that its eating disorders awareness week this week. I&#8217;ve written a blog for the feminist blog the f word about the launch of Beat Cymru, and the research they commissioned showing that many of the people surveyed in Wales thought that eating disorders were a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/eating-disorders-not-a-lifestyle-choice</link>
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		<title>Plaid conference over &#8211; now to the election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WPS - didn&#8217;t get a chance to live blog at this year&#8217;s conference, I&#8217;m afraid to say. I sincerely meant to, but as usual, I was running around trying to be in 20 places at the same time. I had a good time, and gathered lots more work to get on with from the fringe meetings I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/plaid-conference-over-now-to-the-election</link>
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		<title>Plaid Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll have time to blog tomorrow in between meetings etc, but I just wanted to do a quick blog about Plaid conference.
I&#8217;m looking forward to the two day event, and to the workshops and discussions that we will have as a party. It will help us develop policy and thinking for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/plaid-conference-4</link>
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		<title>UK Border Agency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another plug for Waleshome briefly here today.
Go there to read my article on the UK Border Agency office whistle blower that I have written for today&#8217;s society page on the website. Join the debate!
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		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/uk-border-agency</link>
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		<title>City Hall and a tale of a royal palace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on the blog Wales home, David Melding the Tory AM with a regular column on the website, suggests that City Hall should be a royal residency in Wales. He says in the article that republicans like me are not his audience, but he has initiated a debate, I&#8217;ll give him that.
His idea is absurd, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/city-hall-and-a-tale-of-a-royal-palace</link>
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		<title>Families need fathers, and fathers deserve our support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I WAS present at the launch of Families need Fathers Swansea last night.
The organisation supports parents in helping to do the best for their child or children. It often supports non-resident parents in gaining access to their children via the family court system, as well as providing advice. It also campaigns on policy and legislative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/families-need-fathers-and-fathers-deserve-our-support</link>
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		<title>From Record- question over benefits advice company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a question that I asked during Business questions a few weeks ago in the Senedd. I hope to chase it up, as it is quite worrying if a company has been set up to take advantage of vulnerable people.
Bethan Jenkins:  My&#8230;concern relates to benefit entitlements. Cymorth Cymru has sent an e-mail to its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bethanjenkinsblog.org.uk/from-record-question-over-disability-advice-company</link>
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