…and educators, do not have a sound basic understanding of our UK democracy. Generally, citizens in Wales and the UK do not understand how local government (Town, Community, County, City…
Understanding Welsh Places Festival / Gwyl Deall Lleoedd Cymru
…the models and toolkits on offer’. ‘Community Wealth Building in Wales‘, Ellie Radcliffe from the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) examines approaches to community wealth building and how we…
Empowering the Senedd and Resisting Attacks on Devolution
…did we get to this historic package of reforms being passed? Julie James MS: “It’s been a long time coming. We’ve been working on the bill through successive ministers for…
What’s Welsh for ‘Economic Policy’?
…March 2020, increases in employment that compared favourably with other parts of the UK. However, even before COVID-19 this approach was starting to look outdated. Competing on cost with manufacturing…
Poverty Shouldn’t be the Consequence of Caring
…its commitment to ‘Fair Work’, commit to bolstering voluntary accreditation schemes and make access to public funds conditional on progress to achieve this. Making carers the visible and valued engine…
Why a Universal Basic Income Could Tackle Domestic Abuse
…in need and delays are commonplace. The Trussell Trust began their campaign #5WeeksTooLong to highlight that it takes a whole 5 weeks for women in need receive their first Universal…
Cancer Doesn’t Stop for a Pandemic – Neither Can We
…to keep cancer high on the agenda, especially during these difficult times. That’s why we launched an inquiry at the start of the year to examine the implementation of the…
Why it’s Time to Embrace Uncertainty Politics
…a little under six months out, the themes and messages are now being road tested for next May’s Senedd elections. Complex issues of real importance are likely to be sidelined…
Lifelong, Flexible Learning Needs to be Central to Our Recovery
…the most of our existing infrastructure. One way of doing that we’ve suggested is investing in community libraries as Community Learning Hubs, where people could go to study, access advice…