This week’s news that the House of Lords has rejected the Tories' plans to redraw constituency boundaries for...
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Nick Smith MP Articles
Raising the game
Amazon et al must stump up and pay their fair share of tax on the huge sales they make here in the UK. Leona...
Labour investing in Wales’ future
Leaving my constituency in Blaenau Gwent on Sunday, I might have thought that I was leaving Welsh politics behind for...
Tackling cyber attacks
Last Friday the government published the UK Cyber Security Strategy setting out the threats we face and how the...
What price our aircraft carriers?
Today the Public Accounts Committee published its report on our new aircraft carriers. The report shows that the...
Upholding our side of the military covenant
The brave men and women who take the ultimate risks for our safety, freedom and way of life in far flung regions of...
A coherent strategy for defence procurement
Since being elected to parliament I have been lucky enough to be elected to the Public Accounts Committee, responsible...
Delayed attack
Politics has been relegated to the second most widely discussed topic in Welsh tearooms and pubs this month....
Working for Wales
South Wales mining tragedy I can only begin by sending deepest condolences to the families of four miners: Charles...
A good result in Wales
In my own constituency of Blaenau Gwent, the estimable Alun Davies delivered for Labour. We now have a Labour MP and...
Knife-edge races in Wales
The growth in support for Labour since 2007, strengthened at the general election last year, and consolidated with a...
No ‘slippery slope’ to independence
My own constituency has just launched its Yes campaign and I've just written a column for my local paper in Blaenau...