Publications

Renowned thinker and GP Dr Julian Tudor Hart sets out his latest thinking on the relationship between mental health and contemporary society in this short pamphlet, drawing on his experience at his practice in Glyncorrwg – a community that has […] »

In 2008, Billy Bragg contributed to the Bevan Foundation’s celebration of 60 years of the NHS at an outstanding evening of music, poetry and reflection at the Senedd, Cardiff.  We’re proud to show four of his songs. Between the Wars […] »

As we enter the latter part of the current decade it is apparent that trade unionism is trying to find a place in a world of work and society which has changed beyond recognition from its heyday of the 1970s […] »

Merthyr Tydfil has become synonymous with deprivation and disadvantage as high levels of ‘economic inactivity’ and the related reliance on Incapacity Benefit have earned it the epithets of ‘sick note capital’ of Britain and ‘benefit scrounger hotspot’: this report, by Victoria Winckler, […] »

In this pamphlet, Victoria Winckler provides a powerful critique of current thinking and stereotypes about the regeneration of the Heads of the Valleys area including Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Gwent – she argues that contrary to popular opinion there has […] »

Promoting equality at work is a challenge for trades unions in Wales, as deep-seated inequality persists in Wales yet trade union structures are mainly organised on a UK-basis – this report considers how union structures, policies and actions are addressing […] »

Flexicurity is a European idea in which greater labour market flexibility is combined with more welfare security – it challenges conventional ideas about job security and the availability of welfare benefits, and has yet to be adopted outside parts of […] »

Some children in Wales live in severe poverty, defined as having a household income of less than 50% of the median for their household type and lacking a number of material goods as well: the question asked in this report […] »

Migration to Wales is nothing new, but the scale of migration of workers from the accession countries of the EU to  some parts of Wales is causing concern about the terms and conditions of employment those workers experience. This report […] »

In 2007 Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission delivered the Annual Aneurin Bevan memorial Lecture – ‘Equality and Human Rights: An agenda for Wales’ – published with a generous contribution from EHRC. Mr. Philllips highlighted the aims of […] »