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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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…
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…
First impressions of the Autumn Budget 2017 impact on Wales
In this blog we share some of our first impressions of the Autumn Budget 2017 and the impact on Wales. Downward revisions to OBR forecasts…
On the horns of a dilemma – how should Welsh public services be planning for Brexit?
Recent comments from Michael Bloomberg and the row over the letter from MP Chris Heaton-Harris to universities serve to confirm that the debate over Brexit…
A challenging year? Draft budget revealed and allocations analysed.
The allocations are in the details: 2019-20 looks set to be a challenging year The outline Welsh Draft Budget 2018-19 showed that overall, the total…
New tools, new approaches but austerity still a straightjacket
The Draft Welsh Budget published yesterday represented an important milestone in the development of Welsh fiscal policy, taking advantage of Wales’ new tax powers and…
‘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…
Does the DUP deal signal an end to austerity for public services?
Does the deal with the DUP signal an end to Austerity? A furious row has broken out about the extent to which the UK Government…
The future funding of health and older adult social care in Wales:
Have any of our political parties got a grip on the challenge ahead? All the main political parties in England are proposing to increase…
What the Conservative and Liberal Democrat manifestos could mean for Wales
Mixed messages on tax, welfare and net increases in resource spending underlie significant differences in the Conservative and Liberal Democrat manifesto pledges of key relevance…
What Labour UK and Plaid Cymru are saying about spending in Wales
Although the political parties are issuing individual policy commitments day by day, Wales Public Services 2025 is concentrating on the published manifestos and their implications…
PROMISES, PROMISES …what we shall be looking out for in the party manifestos
As the campaign heats up and with the party manifestos expected to start appearing next week, election promises will multiply. At Wales Public Services 2025,…
Can Wales fill the social care funding gap?
Can Wales fill the social care funding gap? The funding of adult social care has moved centre stage. There is wide agreement that more money…
A scrape of jam today, mixed with gruel tomorrow?
We have become so accustomed to austerity that even a few, in some cases fairly modest, spending announcements get big headlines. The main focus of…
A sniff of jam? Blog by Dr Daria Luchinskaya
The flurry of pre-Christmas fiscal activity in Wales will not much affect the fundamentals for public services for next year although there is some good…
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…
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…
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,…