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Victoria Winckler asks if the time has come to end Communities First, the Welsh Government’s once-flagship programme. It seems inevitable that Communities First will not survive into 2017/18. It was conspicuously absent in both the Labour Manifesto and the Read more »
The South Wales Metro has the potential to transform the Cardiff Capital Region – but only if there is a visionary strategy to ensure all places and people benefit, says Victoria Winckler. A metro for south Wales is getting a Read more »
As the Cardiff Capital Region Commission on Growth and Competitiveness begins a week of ‘hearings’, Victoria Winckler argues that its approach must be inclusive. The ambition to strengthen the growth and competitiveness of Cardiff Capital Region is unarguable: there is, Read more »
The Bevan Foundation is making a significant contribution to the work of the Welsh Government’s Valleys Taskforce, launched on Thursday 22nd September. The Welsh Government has established a Taskforce to develop “a new approach to investing in the future Read more »
The Bevan Foundation has highlighted how increasing the pay of the lowest paid workers via the Living Wage could benefit local businesses and Merthyr Tydfil’s economy. In a presentation to Merthyr Tydfil Business Club, the Bevan Foundation’s Policy and Research Read more »
Attendance Allowance is claimed by people aged 65+ who need help caring for themselves because of a disability. The UK Government has announced plans to consult on the devolution of responsibility for Attendance Allowance to Wales – a benefit claimed by more Read more »
The Bevan Foundation is working with Warwick and Coventry Universities and the London School of Economics to find out how employment growth sectors can be harnessed to reduce poverty in Wales. Nearly one in four people of working age in Read more »
More than a quarter of all employees in Wales are paid less than the Living Wage – the minimum hourly rate needed to afford a decent standard of living. The increase in the statutory minimum wage for over-25 year olds Read more »
Cardiff Capital Region has ambitious targets to grow the economy, includign increasing its Gross Value Added. This paper, submitted as evidence to the Cardiff Capital Region Commission on Growth and Competitiveness, argues that focusing on GVA alone will not necessarily reduce Read more »
Approximately 6,000 workers in Merthyr Tydfil – around a quarter of the workforce – are paid below the voluntary Living Wage. So how can we change this? The Bevan Foundation is speaking to employers, workers, and organisations which want to see Merthyr Tydfil’s economy Read more »
Victoria Winckler looks at the latest figures on poverty which show that there’s been little change for thousands of people in Wales. The latest figures on poverty – defined as people living in households with incomes less than 60% of Read more »
Essential summer reading on Brexit, the election and more, exclusively for Bevan Foundation subscribers. The latest edition of Exchange looks at where we want Wales to be and what we should have achieved in five years time. It’s been a Read more »
The spring edition of Exchange is out today! The fourth edition of our exclusive magazine sets the direction for the Fifth Assembly. We invited experts and practitioners from areas including social policy, health and housing to tell us what they think the biggest challenges facing Read more »
Cardiff Capital Region has ambitious targets to grow the economy, includign increasing its Gross Value Added. This paper, submitted as evidence to the Cardiff Capital Region Commission on Growth and Competitiveness, argues that focusing on GVA alone will not necessarily reduce Read more »
The Bevan Foundation is calling for the National Assembly for Wales’ Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee to continue its scrutiny of poverty. The Assembly’s Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee has invited views on its priorities in the fifth Read more »
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The Bevan Foundation is hosting a series of workshops to explore how growing sectors of the local economy could help to reduce poverty in Wales. Held in Wrexham, the first seminar brings together stakeholders from the private, public and voluntary sectors and Read more »
The second in our series of workshops to explore how growing sectors of the local economy could help to reduce poverty in Wales will be held in Swansea. The seminar brings together stakeholders from the private, public and voluntary sectors and is a unique Read more »