Wales Public Services 2025

The November 2016 OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook pointed to lower growth and lower real wages over the next few years, while the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement prioritised capital investment over day-to-day public services costs: what are the implications for Wales?

A presentation was given by our Research Associate Dr Daria Luchinskaya. There was also time for some debate. Many thanks to those who attended - …

Chancellor prioritises investment not public services

The economy and post-Brexit uncertainties was clearly uppermost in the Chancellor’s mind yesterday rather than public services. The Autumn Statement, informed by the OBR’s first …

Are you a researcher looking for a new challenge?

We are loooking for a Research Assistant to join us. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding researcher to contribute to a programme of …

A Budget for Uncertainty ? Michael Trickey’s thoughts about the new budget

Most of the political interest around the Welsh Government’s draft budget has inevitably centred on the deal with Plaid Cymru. But in fiscal terms, there …

A time of revolution: British local government finance in the 2010s

This is the first report in a new multi-year IFS research programme examining these major changes to local government finance. The programme will consider the …

Efficiency and the NHS Wales Funding Gap – report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales

In Spring 2016, working with Wales Public Services 2025, the PPIW ran a series of facilitated workshops exploring how further ‘technical’ efficiency could help close …

The path to sustainability. Funding projections for the NHS in Wales to 2019/20 and 2030 - the Health Foundation

Wales Public Services 2025 has worked with the Health Foundation and the Public Policy Institute for Wales on this report. Read it in full here.

Read Michael Trickey’s blog on the new report from the Health Foundation about the NHS in Wales

Route map for a sustainable NHS for Wales Yesterday’s highly significant report by The Health Foundation, The path to sustainability: financial projections for NHS Wales, …

Report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Welsh budgetary trade-offs to 2019-20

The path to sustainability. Funding projections for the NHS in Wales

An innovative programme of research and debate on the future of public services in Wales