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THE Tories’ “flawed, damaging and divisive” Trade Union Bill was blocked by the Welsh Assembly yesterday in a vote that could spark a constitutional power struggle in the courts.
The governing Labour Party united with opposition Plaid Cymru and Lib Dem AMs to deny legislative consent to the legislation in Wales by 43 votes to 13.
Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews described the Bill as “punitive, vindictive and breaching the devolution settlement.”
Wales reporter DAVID NICHOLSON looks at the political scene as budget rows take centre-stage and Welsh Labour gains a new leader
In the first of a series of interviews with leaders of progressive parties in Wales ahead of the May 7 Senedd election DAVID NICHOLSON talks to Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth
