News - Wales Public Services 2025

CLOSING THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FUNDING GAP IN WALES – can we stop worrying now?

The announcement by the UK Government that spending on the NHS will increase by an average of 3.4% in real terms a year from 2019-20…

Conference 12th July. Sustaining Wales’ Public Services: Austerity and Beyond

New report - Business rates in Wales, local retention and regional growth deals

Retention of business rates in Wales? We consider the issue of local retention of business rates in Wales in relation to the new and emerging…

Spring Statement 2018: austerity continues

In this blog we comment on the OBR forecasts and the picture that they paint for the economy in the coming years, as well as…

A little extra for health & social care and local government will help but does not reverse austerity

The final Welsh Budget laid on the 19th of December 2017 allocated an additional £251m for day-to-day resource spending over the next two years compared…

‘Welsh Government Budgetary Trade-offs: Looking Forward to 2021-22’

Wales Public Services 2025 and the Wales Governance Centre have released a joint new report. The report sets out the key changes to the UK…

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