John Osmond examines the state of play of talks on the Welsh Government’s block grant and need to borrow
Treasury should devolve its ‘piggy bank’
Madoc Batcup unpicks the role of the Crown Estate which, he says, should be made accountable to the Welsh Government
Jane Hutt loses out to Treasury
John Osmond discovers that, in contrast to Wales, the Scottish Government finessed its budget to limit the damage caused by the Treasury’s funds clawback
A theft the Treasury will live to regret
John Osmond says the new Welsh Government, after 5 May, will urgently need to reconstitute its relationship with Whitehall by seeking an end to the Wales Office
Taking stock
The IWA has just published, A Strategy for the Welsh Economy, by Dr John Ball of Swansea Metropolitan University. One