Tag: Tax

After drugs, alcohol and tobacco/vaping, it's time to return to another vice. "Gambling" - in the context of this post ...

Following neatly on from last week's look at alcohol policy and independence, it's time to look at one old vice ...

Does Wales have a drinking problem? If so, what can be done about it? Is the problem fixing itself? Having ...

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

Last but not least, this "Wales on the Move" transport series ends with air transport. It's a transport sector that ...

The first half of this series focused on general transport issues - not only those that need to be addressed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's an understatement to say that sections of society have trust issues with the police at the moment. It's impossible ...

The second theme of State of Wales' look at the justice system and independence moves to the police. As is ...

For the last decade or so, most of the focus on local government reform in Wales has centred on the ...

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

PFI, MIM, NDP, TFI - acronyms galore. But what do these big public finance systems mean in practice, and is ...

(Title Image: UK Ministry of Defence, Crown Copyright) As well as electing the Senedd, this year Wales will be going ...

(Title Image: Senedd Cymru) How much did the Welsh Government deliver on the economic and financial front this term? Key ...

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(Title Image: © Copyright Nigel Davies and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence BY-SA-2.0) At first glance, using the ...

(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 – ...

(Title Image: BBC) One of the big questions regarding independence and broadcasting is how would Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) be ...