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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 […]

A Senedd for All: How to ensure a Family-Friendly and Inclusive Parliament for Wales

A Senedd for All: How to ensure a Family-Friendly and Inclusive Parliament for Wales

Posted on 30 March 2026 by Wales Governance Centre

By Dr Alison Parken, Dr Rachel Minto and Dr Leah Hibbs The Senedd’s first Family-Friendly and Inclusive Parliament Review (FFIPR) A recent review assessed equal representation and participation of Members […]

What Welsh Parties Promised When Everyone Knew Who Would Win

What Welsh Parties Promised When Everyone Knew Who Would Win

Posted on 3 March 2026 by Jac Larner

This is a joint post by Christian Arnold (University of Birmingham), Daksh Dewgun (University of Birmingham), Fraser McMillan (University of Edinburgh), and Jac Larner (Cardiff University). It is based on […]

General Election Voting Intention: Centre Left Fragmentation and the Reform UK Challenge

Posted on 18 December 2025 by Jac Larner

This is a joint post by Jac Larner (Cardiff University) and Ed Gareth Poole (Cardiff University). They received substantive input from Richard Wyn Jones (Cardiff University)  and James Griffiths (University […]

Consolidation, Not Conversion: Understanding Wales’s Ongoing Realignment

Consolidation, Not Conversion: Understanding Wales’s Ongoing Realignment

Posted on 17 December 2025 by Jac Larner

This is a joint post by Jac Larner (Cardiff) and James Griffiths (University of Manchester). They received substantive input from Richard Wyn Jones and Ed Gareth Poole (Cardiff), and questionnaire […]

The Welsh Government-Plaid Cymru Budget Agreement – an immediate reaction

The Welsh Government-Plaid Cymru Budget Agreement – an immediate reaction

Posted on 10 December 2025 by Guto Ifan

On Tuesday 9 December, the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru reached an agreement on the Budget for 2026-27, which will facilitate its passing through the Senedd in the new year. […]

Frozen 2: Tax Freezes, the 2-Child Limit (and what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales)

Frozen 2: Tax Freezes, the 2-Child Limit (and what the 2025 Autumn Budget means for Wales)

Posted on 27 November 2025 by Guto Ifan

By Guto Ifan, Ed Gareth Poole and Owain Cynfab   On Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her second budget, after months of speculation, briefings and uncertainty. The much-trailed worsening of […]