The line from the Beatles song ‘When I’m 64’ asks one partner to another whether they will still be needed when they get older. Today in Wales, our older population is more critical to the vitality of the country than…

Recent research by the Centre for market and public organisation claims the abolition of league tables has led to a decline in Welsh educational standards equivalent to two GCSE grades per pupil. However this research is flawed and unconvincing for…

Last week, the Nuffield Foundation published a new piece of research on attitudes towards the mandatory life sentence given to people convicted of murder in the UK. One of its main findings was that there was limited understanding of what…

The End of Council Housing in Wales? A new report sets out the historic mistakes in housing policy that have ended up costing Wales over £100 million each year. Paul Griffiths’ new analysis highlights the enormous effect the 1989 Local…

Over the past decade or so, if you have been following the blogs and publications of what we might charitably call the ‘taxpayers perspective’, you will have come across the notion that town halls up and down the country have…