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Sunday Supplement

BBC Radio Wales

Political news, discussions and analysis, plus a round-up of the Sunday papers with our guest reviewers.

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54:46

The Auditor General, jury-free trials, Ukraine, the...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/11/30

Auditor General, Adrian Crompton illustrates how money is spent on public services in Wales, Baroness Kennedy explains why she thinks jury trials are important to our democracy, Ukrainian journalist Kateryna Malefieiova updates us on the war, Archbishop of Wales, Cherry Van joins us on the first Sunday of Advent and Jowdy Davey tells us how the Cornish language has gained more recognition.Cllr Anthony Hunt, leader of Torfaen Council and Rhian Elston, Director, Development Bank of Wales review the

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55:20

Covid, Nathan Gill and Russian bribes, the budget,...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/11/23

Boris Johnson's long-serving adviser, Guto Harri reacts to the Covid-19 inquiry findings. Former foreign office minister Dr Kim Howells talks about the dangers from Russia following the sentencing of former Reform leader in Wales, Nathan Gill for taking Russian bribes. The Institute for Government's Jill Rutter discusses the upcoming autumn budget, whilst Rebecca Morley from Friends of Friendless Churches explains why plans to lift the VAT exemption on building works on listed places of worship is a

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55:08

Storm Claudia, Starmer's briefings, BBC turmoil,...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/11/16

Monmouthshire's MP Catherine Fooks describes the situation in Monmouth after Storm Claudia's devastation. Isabel Hardman decants the goings on at Westminster and who is briefing against whom. Former BBC governor, Merfyn Jones CBE mulls over the BBCs difficult week, former Conservative special adviser Lauren McEvatt discusses the pros and cons of abolishing Police and Crime Commissioners. Green Cymru CEO Stuart George tells us why the power grid in Wales needs to be upgraded and veteran journalist

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54:51

Prisons, Financing, NRW, COP 30, Nancy Pelosi

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/11/09

Former governor of Wormwood Scrubs, Vanessa Frake-Harris responds to the prisons crisis. Reader Ed Poole explains why the Barnett formula is not as bad for Wales as once thought. Rob Parry from the Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru illustrates the challenges ahead for new NRW chair Neil Sachdev. Dr Hannah Hughes is at COP 30 in Brazil and following Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she plans to retire from Congress, her former employee, Cai Wilshaw talks about her influence over US politics

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55:11

Andrew, Plaid Cymru SNP Alliance; Kemi Badenoch's...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/11/02

Guests include royal biographer Catherine Mayer; former SNP MP Ian Blackford; political historian Sam Blaxland; international law expert Dr Nada Ali, Dolgarrog Community Council Chair Jackie Ley and reader in physical geography Dr Hywel Griffiths. Reviewing the papers Jennifer Burke, Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport & Parks at Cardiff Council and Auriol Miller who's the Chief Executive of Cynon Taf Community Housing group.

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54:19

Caerphilly by-election, coal tip safety and...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/10/26

Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood, Professor John Curtice and Labour's Alun Davies MS analyse the Caerphilly by-election result. Ann Davies MP tells us how coal tips are still not safe, 59 years after the Aberfan disaster. And Lord Peter Hain talks about his new book, Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail.Sam Bennett and Claire Vaughan review the papers.

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54:53

19/10/2025

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/10/19

Vaughan Roderick with political news, discussions and analysis, plus a review of the Sunday papers.

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52:25

Middle East peace, Plaid Cymru's conference,...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/10/12

The former Labour MP and Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister for the Middle East Dr Kim Howells discusses the chances of the on-going peace process in the Middle East delivering for both the Palestinian and Israeli people. Plaid Cymru's leader at Westminster, Liz Saville Roberts MP looks back at her party's conference - the last before next May's Senedd elections. Paris-based commentator Nabila Ramdani assesses the prospects of France's new PM - who is the same as the old one - bringing

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55:11

Gaza, Children's Commissioner's manifesto,...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/10/05

Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy and physiotherapist Rachel Moses OBE discuss two years of conflict in Gaza. Children's Commissioner Rocio Cifuentes is asking all the parties to commit to five priorities to improve children's lives in Wales, Darren Millar MS is in Manchester for the Conservatives' UK Conference. Former head of the First Minister's office explains how important EU funding was to Wales and Professor Laura McAllister tells us why there's been such a rise in the number of podcasts on Welsh

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55:27

Labour Conference, Cyber Security, Port Talbot one...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/09/28

Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies joins us from Labour's conference in Liverpool. Jane Frankland CEO of Knewstart discusses cyber security. Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee explains what went well and what went badly after the last blast furnace closed in Port Talbot. Mark Serwotka joins us to tell us all about new left-leaning 'Your Party' in Wales and Sir Deian Hopkin remembers the 1968 Caerphilly by-election.Tessa Marshall and Karl Davies review the papers.

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55:11

Jeremy Miles standing down, Gaza, free speech, Lib...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/09/21

After Jeremy Miles' shock announcement that he's standing down, we have guardian columnist, podcaster and newsletter writer Will Hayward mulling over Labour's situation in Wales. Former UN Ambassador Sir Emyr Jones Parry and BBC correspondent Wyre Davies recently returned from the Middle East discuss the latest in the Gaza-Israel war. After Jimmy Kimmel's show was cancelled in the US, journalist Cai Wilshaw discusses free speech in America. It's the Liberal Democrat's UK conference this week and

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55:11

Mandelson, political violence, S4C, Welsh Labour and...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/09/14

Journalist and author of the unauthorised biography of Peter Mandelson, Paul Routledge explains how the Ambassador's sacking was inevitable.Professor Natasha Lindstaedt from the department of government at Essex University discusses political violence. Delyth Evans, new chair of S4C is with us to say why the channel's next five years will be all about digital services. Owain Williams, would-be Senedd candidate muses over the Welsh element of Welsh Labour. Rhys Kaminski-Jones tells us all about his

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54:47

Rayner resignation causes a reshuffle, new Green...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/09/07

Kitty Donaldson, Chief Political Commentator at The i Paper discusses Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's resignation and the reshuffle that followed, newly elected leader of the Greens Zack Polanski has been to Cardiff and talks about his hopes for his party, Fin Wilson from Impact Wales tells us how literacy could be improved in Wales and Caroline Jones joins us from Reform's conference in Birmingham.ERS Director Jess Blair and Cardiff Council Leader Huw Thomas review the Sunday papers.

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55:20

More highlights from the year so far

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/08/30

Vaughan Roderick looks back at highlights from Sunday Supplement over the past few months, including a row over rail funding, the future of Ukraine and Syria, the passing of Pope Francis, and the 'Great Bibles' going on display at the National Library of Wales.Interviews with Ben Lake MP, Ukrainian journalist and refugee Kateryna Gorodnycha, Children's Commissioner Rocio Cifuentes, Syrian doctor Mohammad Alhadj Ali, Delyth Jewell MS and Lord Don Touhig, Professor Elin Haf Gruffydd Jones and the

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55:28

Sunday Supplement highlights from the year so far

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/08/23

Vaughan Roderick presents the highlights of the past few months. Alun Davies MS discusses the effect of welfare changes on his Blaenau Gwent constituents; Shereen Williams and Matt Kilcoyne have different views on the new electoral boundaries' names for the next Senedd election; Peter Kellner and Professor Matt Qvortrup discuss the benefits and drawbacks of referenda; Dr Anne Harrington remembers the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and Judith Mackrell talks about sibling artists Gwen and

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55:56

Election Special: Everything you didn't realise you...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/08/05

Vaughan Roderick and his guests, former BBC political editor Betsan Powys and current political correspondents Elliw Gwawr and Cemlyn Davies look ahead at the next Senedd election in May. With 10 months to go they look at the changes to the electoral system, the runners and riders, polling and the issues at stake - answering all the questions you didn't know you wanted answering.

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55:01

Palestinian statehood, defections to Reform, "Your...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/07/27

After President Macron's announcement that France will recognise Palestine as a nation, Sir Richard Dalton joins us to explain its significance. Conwy Cllr Louise Emery, formerly Conservative, now Reform, tells us why she's switched parties. Wales Online's Ruth Mosalski gives some context to the Reform defections and discusses the new and as yet unnamed left-leaning party. Dr Jonathan Dean explains CPRW's stance on mega-solar farms and Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi takes us through the process of

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55:14

Does the farming debate need a reset? Life in Ukraine...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/07/20

On the eve of the Royal Welsh Show, Llanelli MS Lee Waters raises concerns about the farming sector, calling for a reset in the farming debate. Kateryna Malefioieva is a journalist in Ukraine and describes life in a war-torn country. Liz Saville-Roberts MP questions proposals to merge the three existing magistrates benches of north Wales into a single entity. And Delyth Jewell MS, Kanishka Narayan MP, Cllr Stuart Keyte and Tom Giffard MS are with us for an end of term review of their parties'

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54:42

Being the boss of Betsi Cadwaladr, small boats,...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/07/13

Betsi Cadwaladr's chief executive, Carol Shillabeer, joins us from Bangor to talk about turning the health board around. Anne-Elizabeth Moutet in France explains how they might be changing the law there to allow police to intervene in the water to stop small boat crossings. Jenifer Baxter from Infrastructure Wales tells us why we don't just need more money to fix our crumbling infrastructure. Michael Mansfield KC highlights the perils of jury-free trials. And Professor Richard Wyn Jones and Lord

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54:24

Labour's bad week, Gaza, what makes a terrorist...

Sunday Supplement ·

2025/07/06

Columnist and author Steve Richards dissects Labour's terrible week, a year since getting their thumping commons majority. We hear from UK Med's field hospital lead in Gaza, Dr Clare Jefferys. Lord Hain questions proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group. Senior Lecturer in tourism management, Dr Linda Osti and Jim Jones from North Wales Tourism debate the value of a visitor levy due to be made law on Tuesday. And Labour minister, Torfaen MP, and Clement Attlee's biographer Nick

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