…to feed our livestock and more locally grown fruit and vegetables to service local communities. But we need a guaranteed market for that produce.’ It’s easy to blame big companies,…
Do we need a Wales Libraries Act?
…more. Many act as multimedia public living rooms, local community centres, and cultural hubs, comfortable places where people can come to be around people, make connections and enjoy time out…
Seven Years of the Future Generations Act
…of my term as Wales’ first ever Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, it feels more comfortable that my reflections curate my understanding of what this means for the future, for…
Walesโ Role in the War in Yemen
…£88m being spent in 2022/23 alone. Therefore the Government is giving aid to the very coalition that is causing so much suffering in Yemen. But as the poet Iwan Llwyd…
Mind the Gap: the IWA and WISERD co-lead Workshops on Public Transport and Disability in Wales
…universities of Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, South Wales and Swansea – working together to improve the quality and quantity of social science research in Wales and beyond. Our research effects change…
Moving on from the Myth of the Unsophisticated Cambrians
…to some of the comments about what Wales should do: ‘Wales is a country and people actually live here’. Amongst the commentators were a few people pointing out that, whatever…
Essential Skills for a 21st century Wales
…comes down the pipeline. In other words, we need people with high levels of transferable essential skills. Essential skills, including problem solving, communication, interpersonal, and self-management, are distinct from the…
Issue 69: The Economic Challenge
…in Wales. Previous editions of the welsh agenda are available for free download and to buy on our website. Members wishing to access past digital copies of the welsh agenda…
IWA Analysis – Welsh Budget Highlights Devolution Weakness
…and middle-income earners. This is replicated across comparisons with countries the UK would previously have seen as its peers. The Resolution Foundation’s Living Standards Audit 2022 highlighted that the median…