Welsh Assembly to advertise for special advisers
25 Feb 2000 | by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
The Welsh Assembly is to exceed the demands of the Neill committee into standards in public life by advertising publicly for special advisers to the Welsh Cabinet.
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