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Assisted Dying: No such Bill could be introduced in Senedd Cymru, or maybe it could?

Constitution

Assisted Dying: No such Bill could be introduced in Senedd Cymru, or maybe it could?

Posted on 18 February 2025 by Wales Governance Centre

Emyr Lewis, Emeritus Professor of Law at Aberystwyth University, gave evidence to the legislation committee about Wales-specific aspects of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in their last […]

HistoryNational AssemblyPlaid Cymru

Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas: Wales’s Political Nonconformist

Posted on 10 February 2025 by Wales Governance Centre

Dafydd Elis Thomas was a remarkable person and a unique politician and I'm not sure we'll see a politician like him again, but I really hope we do as it'll mean that his vision of a different Wales has been realised.

DevolutionFinance

Making sense of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget for 2025-26

Posted on 11 December 2024 by Guto Ifan

Following Rachel Reeves’ decisions on taxation, spending and borrowing, this was always going to be a “big” budget. The Welsh Government had significantly more funding to allocate than was expected […]

Finance

Autumn Reeves: The 2024 Labour budget and its implications for Wales

Posted on 31 October 2024 by Guto Ifan

Ed Gareth Poole and Guto Ifan, Wales Fiscal Analysis   Following an election in which both main parties largely ignored the reality facing the UK’s public finances, yesterday’s budget provided […]

 
Book Release: The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan

Book Release: The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan

Posted on 16 September 2024 by Nye Davies

Aneurin Bevan is one of the most widely quoted politicians in the UK. A powerful orator and engaging writer, Bevan’s most recognised one-liners have been printed on a variety of […]

The Welsh Electoral Pendulum: The Multilevel Voter and Switching between Westminster and Senedd Elections

The Welsh Electoral Pendulum: The Multilevel Voter and Switching between Westminster and Senedd Elections

Posted on 28 July 2024 by Jac Larner

The 2026 Senedd election will mark a new era of devolution in Wales, with an expanded Senedd and a new electoral system unlocking new dynamics of party competition. In this […]

Stark choices await the Welsh Budget – whichever party wins the UK General Election

Stark choices await the Welsh Budget – whichever party wins the UK General Election

Posted on 26 June 2024 by Guto Ifan

Wales Fiscal Analysis briefing on the implications of the 2024 General Election manifestos for the Welsh Government budget As the General Election campaign reaches its final stages, the major UK […]

Health by a thousand cuts? An initial analysis of the Welsh Government Draft Budget

Health by a thousand cuts? An initial analysis of the Welsh Government Draft Budget

Posted on 20 December 2023 by Guto Ifan

On 19 October, the Welsh Government published its Draft Budget for 2024-25. It had additional funding to allocate - but the budget had been significantly eroded by higher-than-expected inflation, with […]

Location of Aberystwyth (on the Moon) Bill

Location of Aberystwyth (on the Moon) Bill

Posted on 8 December 2023 by Wales Governance Centre

This is a guest post by Professor Emyr Lewis When teaching public law at Aberystwyth University, I illustrate the legislative supremacy of the UK Parliament through an imaginary Act which […]

Immigration in Wales and the Immigration Health Surcharge

Posted on 6 December 2023 by Larissa Peixoto Gomes

Wales Fiscal Analysis has conducted a review of data regarding the economic impact of immigration in Wales and how the Immigration Health Surcharge might create negative incentive’s for the immigration […]