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Senedd Election 2026

All change! The 2026 Senedd Election

All change! The 2026 Senedd Election

Posted on 12 May 2026 by Jac Larner

This is a guest post from Dr James Griffiths at University of Manchester. Follow him on Bluesky here: @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social The 2026 Senedd election was one of momentous change. Using a […]

Getting down to (plenary) business: the first day of the Seventh Senedd

Getting down to (plenary) business: the first day of the Seventh Senedd

Posted on 10 May 2026 by Wales Governance Centre

This post was written by Dr Adam Evans, Honorary Research Fellow at the Wales Governance Centre. Basking in the glow of Thursday’s historic Senedd election result, Plaid Cymru made clear […]

Uncertainty and Asymmetry: Electoral Understanding in the 2026 Senedd Election

Uncertainty and Asymmetry: Electoral Understanding in the 2026 Senedd Election

Posted on 5 May 2026 by Jac Larner

This is a guest post from William Davies, a PhD student at Cardiff University. You can follow him on Bluesky at @willdv2002.bsky.social As Thursday’s election draws closer and closer, it’s […]

Issues, Accountability, and Labour’s Declining Support in Wales

Posted on 29 April 2026 by Jac Larner

This is a guest post from Dr James Griffiths at University of Manchester. Follow him on Bluesky here: @jamesdgriffiths.bsky.social Polling day is fast approaching, and the 2026 Senedd election looks […]

2026 Senedd Election manifesto analysis: Devolution of more powers and the fiscal framework

2026 Senedd Election manifesto analysis: Devolution of more powers and the fiscal framework

Posted on 24 April 2026 by Guto Ifan

By Guto Ifan, Ed Gareth Poole and Owain Cynfab This blogpost outlines what the party manifestos say on the future of devolution and how it should be funded. Although any […]

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Capital spending and investment

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Capital spending and investment

Posted on 23 April 2026 by Guto Ifan

By Guto Ifan, Ed Gareth Poole and Owain Cynfab This blogpost – the fourth in a series of manifesto analyses as part of the 2026 Scottish and Welsh Elections Project, […]

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Childcare policies

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Childcare policies

Posted on 22 April 2026 by Guto Ifan

By Guto Ifan, Ed Gareth Poole and Owain Cynfab Childcare has emerged as a common theme across most manifestos at this election. This blogpost – the third in a series […]

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: the spending priorities of the parties

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: the spending priorities of the parties

Posted on 21 April 2026 by Guto Ifan

By Guto Ifan, Ed Gareth Poole and Owain Cynfab This blog – the second in a series of manifesto analyses as part of the 2026 Scottish and Welsh Elections Project, […]

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Tax policy

2026 Senedd manifesto analysis: Tax policy

Posted on 20 April 2026 by Guto Ifan

By Guto Ifan, Ed Gareth Poole and Owain Cynfab One of the principal rationales for devolving tax powers to the Welsh Government was to enable parties to offer competing levels […]

2026 Senedd election analysis: the fiscal outlook

2026 Senedd election analysis: the fiscal outlook

Posted on 1 April 2026 by Guto Ifan

In our recent report, Setting the Scene: Wales on the eve of the 2026 Senedd Election, we outlined recent trends in Welsh Government funding and spending. In this blog, we […]