Never mind the WWII-style evacuee dress we've also just had to buy for the class assembly - I remember going to school wrapped in an old dust sheet to be a shepherd.

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At the last general election Labour made pledges on cutting primary school class sizes, introducing legislation for a Welsh Assembly in the first year, cutting NHS waiting lists by an extra 100, 000, getting 250, 000 under-25s off benefit and into work (around 13, 000 in Wales), and setting tough rules for government spending and borrowing.

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On the subject of the assembly, many in Labour - particularly outside the political class in Cardiff Bay - believe that the next logical step for the party in Wales is to contribute to or even start a debate about the political culture that should develop so as to underpin the new constitutional structures.

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When the Assembly Government launched Designed for Life back in 2005, its purpose and ambition was "to create world class healthcare and social services in a healthy, dynamic country by 2015".

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