Wales - The Deeping

One country is trying to outlaw political lying, without curbing free speech

Jan 30, 2026

Ph. Lightspring/Shutterstock Stephen Clear, Bangor University For the past two years, the Welsh parliament – or Senedd – has been grappling with how to tackle deliberate lying by politicians and how to rebuild public trust in democracy. There is broad agreement across parties in Wales that the current system offers few real consequences

Nearly half of children born in Wales in 2002-3 classed as having special educational needs – this may have negatively affected their attainment

Jul 29, 2024

ph. BalanceFormCreative/Shutterstock Cathryn Knight, University of Bristol and Emily Lowthian, Swansea University Nearly half of people born in Wales in 2002-2003 were classed as having special educational needs (SEN), our new research has indicated, raising questions about the system used to diagnose a generation of Welsh children. Our report for the Nuffield Foundation