Student blog. Spending on the police and justice in Wales over the last decade
This blog has been developed by Theo Bazett under the CUROP programme which provides summer placements for undergraduate students at Cardiff University. We asked Theo,…
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Income & funding of Welsh Voluntary sector post austerity
Our new report on the income and funding of the Welsh voluntary sector in the post-2010 austerity period by Dr Nikos Kapitsinis. …
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
Public services in Wales have been through the severest financial squeeze since the Second World War. How has this squeeze affected their finances? Is…
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…