“What is happening is absolutely shambolic and threatens to cause serious injustice” (Mark Powell QC Deputy High Court Judge) There is no doubt that the  government’s plans to slash legal aid are radical. Ken Clarke’s green paper proposes removing legal…

This is an edited version of a longer article that was originally published in the Bevan Foundation Review in Winter 2009. The Bevan Foundation Review is available to all our members, you can join the foundation here Wales has a long…

Understanding the shape and size of our private sector is critical if a range of government policies are to be effective.  From our skills policy to our economic and trade policy, if we do not understand our ‘customer’ we are…

Westminster looks set to intervene in one of the most devolved of areas – local government spending – as council budgets could face a funding gap caused by changes to Council Tax Benefit. At present, the Welsh Assembly Government set…

In the debate about the ‘ring-fencing’ or protection of spending on the NHS in Wales, the one argument that hasn’t been aired is which spending pattern best promotes good health.  We’ve heard all the budgetary arguments – that protecting health…