Yesterday’s labour market statistics and budget should give everyone pause for thought. There has been no economic growth for five years, since the financial crash began in early 2008. GDP has been broadly static, in both Wales and the…
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It has been a week where Welsh Labour has been under some uneasy scrutiny inside and outside the Senedd, not least when the Minister for Local Government and Communities confirmed the Welsh Government’s final settlement for local authorities in Wales on…
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I have recently enjoyed yet another interaction with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Service (although I feel, if Her Majesty had any say in it, she would probably not wish to have her name associated with it any longer)….
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This post from Julia Unwin, Cheif Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust follows in our current series on the Autumn Statement. Austerity is here to stay. That is tough for everyone – but hardest for…
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The rise in welfare payments, inside and outside of work, will be limited to 1 per cent. Osborne states that this is below inflation but emphasizes that it is in line with average rises in private sector pay. Of course…
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