The crown estate was devolved to Scotland in 2017 and calls have grown since then for Wales to be afforded the same.
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Local government raises about 4% of New Zealand’s tax revenue. The equivalent in Denmark is about 36%. If the government believes in ‘localism’, it has to give councils more power to raise revenue.
Research has long shown that globally, left-behind communities are less likely to vote in either local or general elections, largely because they feel neglected by the political process.
Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.
The current Conservative government has not met actual housing need in England. The proposals in the party’s manifesto are not likely to either.
More than half of people now support electoral reform.
Austerity Britain has translated into worse lives for many people: tougher working conditions, minimal statutory services and a retraction of the local state at a time when people need it.
Whether true or not, the UK’s political parties have failed to quash the perception that they prioritise cities.
This service is a good first step towards a one-stop shop for easy access subnational statistics to understand local areas and how they’re changing.
In the 1940s, Britain’s nascent welfare state was designed around male financial responsibility for their families – unmarried mothers were intentionally disregarded.
Vaughan Gething succeeds Mark Drakeford as Welsh first minister, following a vote in the Senedd.
English councils have neither the ongoing funding or the staffing needed to effectively deliver on the government’s economic development promises.
The strike saw different political factions uniting, which eventually led to a more collaborative form of politics in Wales.
The Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales acknowledges each option requires UK government involvement.
Years of political turbulence, economic shocks and the failure to ‘level up’ as pledged have turned English devolution into a key political and constitutional issue
What does the future hold for Wales and Welsh Labour in the wake of Drakeford’s resignation?
The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
Governmental support is failing the country’s most vulnerable households. Politicians need to act now.
Angela Rayner’s expansive policy brief faces the threat of ‘short-termism’ perhaps more than any other. If Labour win power, will Rayner be able to fight against these short-term political incentives?
More than a decade of austerity in English local government has squeezed councils to their utter financial limits.
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Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Liverpool
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Reader in Politics, University of Huddersfield
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Professor of Politics, Cardiff University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Manchester
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Professor of Political Science, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol
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Chair in Scottish Politics, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, University of Huddersfield
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Lecturer in Modern and Welsh History, Bangor University
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, Trinity College Dublin
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Senior Research Fellow, Law Reform and Policy Analysis, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Manchester
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Dean of Education, School of Education and Institute for Education, Bath Spa University
