Western Mail

NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF WALES

Wednesday, 13 July 2011
WalesOnline.co.uk
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Pressure mounts
on Murdoch
PRESSURE is mounting
on Rupert Murdoch to
drop his BSkyB bid.
Prime Minister David
Camerons spokesman
said the Tories would
join Labour and the
Lib-Dems in supporting a
parliamentary motion
calling on News
Corporation to abandon
plans to buy out the
satellite broadcaster.
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BBCs top talent
wage bill rises
THE BBCs top talent
earning more than
100,000 has gone up in
its latest accounts. The
corporation paid 274
people six-figure salaries
in 2010-11.
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Technician secretly
videoed women
A THEATRE technician
who installed a
camcorder in womens
changing rooms was
caught after filming
himself setting up the
equipment at the Muni
Arts Centre in
Pontypridd.
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LETTERS Pages 18&19 BUSINESS 20-page pullout TV Pages 22&23 CROSSWORDS Pages 24&25
Cameron: Wales too
reliant on the state
PMVAGUEONFUNDINGWALES;
CARWYNUNVEILSPROGRAMME
PRIME Minister David Camer-
on addressed the National As-
sembly for the first time yes-
terday but failed to set out
plans for a new commission to
examine how Wales is funded.
Instead he urged the Welsh
Government to followhis lead in
modernising public services by
ending the state monopoly
words described as lecturing
by First Minister Carwyn Jones.
The Prime Minister effect-
ively put the ball back into the
parties court by calling on them
to come together to establish a
PARENTS
FEARS FOR
SUMMER
CHILDCARE
MATT WITHERS
Senedd Correspondent matt.withers@walesonline.co.uk
process similar to the Calman
Commission, which examined
the finances of Scotland.
It came as, ona big day inthe
Assembly, Carwyn Jones an-
nounced his Governments le-
gislative programme for the
next five years the first time
such a programme had been
laid out since the Assembly
gained full law-making powers
in Marchs referendum.
New laws to tackle under-
performing schools, force
councils to work together and
introduce an opt-out organ
donation system were among
the Bills proposed.
But acting Conservative
leader Paul Davies said it
lacked a clear strategy to
stimulate the Welsh economy
by encouraging entrepreneur-
ship and helping small busi-
nesses to expand and create
jobs.
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