Tag: Fiscal Policy

The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales - the latest installment in the Welsh Constitutional Universe franchise - ...

You've probably all seen this. You've probably all said this. When spending decisions are debated or announced – whether it's ...

Over the next fortnight, I'll be taking a look at some of the key findings from the 2021 Census and ...

Here's the latest in the "Devil's Advocate" series looking in more detail at some of the most commonly-used arguments against ...

Back in September, Plaid Cymru published a report they commissioned into the "Welsh deficit" (pdf). The deficit is the difference ...

The final four posts on local government and independence start with a look at money. Firstly, a word of warning. ...

I've looked at the Constitution in more detail previously, while some of the available options for introducing devolution or federalism ...

A Federal Wales I looked at the arguments for and against decentralisation within Wales after independence. This part will look ...

In the previous piece, I looked at governance at the community level. Today, it goes up a level to counties ...

An examination of the issues, lack of reform and international comparisons are out of the way. So it's time to ...

After a short break, next up in this series on local government is an examination of how Wales' peer countries ...

Reforming local government has been a rather fruitless endeavour since devolution - to the extent that a few years ago ...

Having looked at how local government in Wales has got to where it is, next it's worth examining how local ...

As we all know by now, the solution to every problem in Wales is to form a committee. The more ...

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most persistent claims made by Labour is that the Welsh Government's business support ...

(Title Image: Nordic Council) Independence raises a lot of questions about the future, but if the UK did dissolve, that ...

(Title Image: The Guardian) Independence is my preferred constitutional future for Wales – that's obvious - but that support is ...

(Title Image: Wales Governance Centre/Wales Fiscal Analysis) Earlier in March, Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre published Wales' Fiscal Future – ...

All this week, I'll be posting articles on State of Wales to mark the 20th anniversary of devolution, looking at ...

(Title Image: Wales Online) Almost every nation in the world has an official agency dedicated to collecting and publishing statistics. ...

(Title Image: Cardiff University) After all that, it's time to sum up what conclusions to draw, put forward the main ...

(Title Image: tripsavvy.com) With a detailed breakdown of how the Welsh economy works at the moment out of the way, ...

(Title Image: Wales Online) Time to focus on the largest sector in the Welsh economy – the service sector. Introduction ...

(Title Image: Visit Cardiff) This article will give you an idea of what economic development policies have been introduced by ...

(Title Image: ITV) I endeavour to cover all sides of an argument and while this isn't my preferred constitutional future ...