Economy & Work

Victoria Winckler looks at the effect of the latest Welsh lockdown on workers. The two-week lockdown, due to begin on Friday, is another hammer-blow to already hard-hit workers. Earlier this year we estimated that around 211,000 people worked in sectors forced […] »

As the Bevan Foundation continues to mark Challenge Poverty Week, Nisreen Mansour from Wales TUC outlines why Covid-19, work and poverty are all interconnected Talk of recovery feels less and less relevant every day as new restrictions are announced, with […] »

Fair Work Focus is our fortnightly briefing on jobs, pay, hours, and employee voice.   Covering the period up to 9th October, this issue includes: Job losses and gains by sector, and measures taken by the Welsh and UK Governments […] »

The Bevan Foundation has welcomed the report of the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Select committee on the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) and priorities for replacing EU structural funding in Wales. The report quotes from written evidence submitted by the […] »

The Bevan Foundation appeared before the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills committee Last week, the Bevan Foundation gave evidence to the Senedd’s Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee inquiry into the impacts of COVID-19 on all areas within the committee’s remit Giving […] »

Fair Work Focus is a fortnightly briefing on jobs, pay, hours, and employee voice.   Covering the period up to 25th September, this issue includes: New job protection announcements by the Welsh and UK Governments, and reaction from trades unions […] »

The OECD has advocated re-introducing a regional development agency for Wales. Will it gain traction? Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash Last week the OECD published its report “The Future of Regional Development and public investment in Wales”. Amongst its pages […] »

Welsh labour market data and the impact of coronavirus It’s official: unemployment in Wales is increasing. Since the Coronavirus pandemic began, the evidence has largely been failing to match up with the reality of the labour market in Wales. Despite much […] »

Fair Work Focus is a fortnightly briefing on jobs, pay, hours and employee voice.   Covering the period up to 11th September, this issue includes: relevant job protection initiatives from both the Welsh and UK Government the latest developments in […] »

Lloyd Jones reflects on the Bevan Foundation’s latest report into business potential and the foundational economy in three valleys communities. There has been an increasing interest in using the potential of the foundational economy to regenerate areas with weak economies […] »