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Heledd Fychan says the island now has an opportunity to enter a new era of accountable local politics

Geraint Talfan Davies looks at how England’s poorest region is getting its act together

Mike Rees argues that it is not too late to discard the capital’s ill-conceived Local Development Plan

Mike Hedges says another Welsh local government reorganisation would be more difficult than it sounds

Sophie Chambers says that a low turn-out in next week’s elections would undermine the legitimacy of the new system

Judith Woodman says Liberal democrat plans would have breathed new life into the capital’s Central Business District

Suzy Davies says both sides of the coalition government in Westminster should do better at getting across their good news

Jonathan Edwards says Plaid’s challenge is to convince the people of Wales that Welsh democracy is better rather than changing the ruling clan at Westminster

Mark Drakeford says the challenge for all parties is to drag democracy into the world which today’s voters occupy

Gareth Hughes predicts Welsh Labour will enjoy a major victory in todays Local Council election