Comment & Analysis

Victoria Winckler sets out the key take-home messages from the Bevan Foundation’s new estimates of poverty for local areas of Wales. Until now, anyone interested in solving poverty has had to make do with the headline figures for Wales – […] »

Victoria Winckler reflects on the latest strategy for Cardiff, ‘Capital Ambition’, launched last week. Last week Cardiff Council launched its ‘Capital Ambition’ document, setting out its vision for the next five years.  I was unable to attend the launch event […] »

Steffan Evans sets out some of the key findings of the Bevan Foundation’s latest report – Learning a living, better support for post 16 learners The Bevan Foundation has today (7th February) published a new report looking at the support that’s available for […] »

Is the Welsh Government doing enough to solve poverty?  Victoria Winckler reflects on its draft budget for 2020-21 and asks if it really does put preventing poverty at its heart. This year’s draft budget, like previous years’, makes bold statements […] »

Another year, another decade.  What lies ahead?  Our round up of expert forecasts, published today, finds that 2020 looks set to be very similar to 2019, despite the outcome of the general election. Victoria Winckler reflects on what it means. […] »

On International Human Rights Day, Michael Imperato, Partner & Head of Public & Administrative law at Watkins Gunn and a Trustee of the Bevan Foundation, asks if an ancient city in Turkey could be a model for human rights in […] »

Following the Bevan Foundation’s recent event exploring the role and prospects of places beyond cities, Helen Cunningham reflects on some of the key highlights. We recently held a conference about the role, prospects and opportunities for places beyond cities. Wales […] »

On Giving Tuesday, Victoria Winckler asks if it is an unwelcome US import or something to celebrate here in Wales. Giving Tuesday is one of those US phenomenons that has crept into British culture, a bit like baby showers and […] »

Dramatic changes in the population could threaten the very future of Wales, suggests Victoria Winckler. It’s time to take a fresh look at immigration and family-friendly policies if Wales is to survive and thrive.   Throughout recent times, Wales’ population […] »

Claire Thomas considers the proposals to extend voting rights for foreign citizens living in Wales The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill was introduced before the National Assembly for Wales last week. The extensive Bill aims to establish a new […] »