Project Welsh Government spending review In recent years, governments worldwide have been contending with a complex mixture of fiscal challenges, from responding to exceptional events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, to mounting pressures on public spending from longer-term factors such as population ageing and the climate transition. This has resulted in a renewed international policy focus on fiscal sustainability, as […] Read more July 30, 2025
Project Addressing poverty stigma in Swansea We are working with Swansea Council along with public sector practitioners, academics, experts by experience and community groups to develop local, evidence-based solutions to tackling poverty stigma in the area. Poverty stigma amplifies the effects of material hardship and makes it harder for people to escape poverty. Our policy briefing demonstrates that poverty stigma is […] Read more July 30, 2025
Project Success factors for contracting and awarding bus franchising in Wales In March 2025 the Welsh Government introduced a Bus Bill for Wales to give the public sector greater control over bus services, aiming to create a fully integrated, low-carbon, passenger-focused bus network as part of its wider One Network, One Timetable, One Ticket vision for public transport in Wales. Subject to Senedd approval, the legislation […] Read more July 30, 2025
Project Tackling Inequalities Poverty Stigma Insight Network The Poverty Stigma Insight Network was established by WCPP in 2024 as is a UK-wide network of individuals and organisations who have the shared aim of seeking to better understand, prevent and address poverty stigma. Members include lived experience experts, policy makers, practitioners, researchers and academics. The Network is one strand of WCPP’s broader programme […] Read more Topics: Lived experience Local government Poverty and social exclusion January 10, 2025
Project Research and Impact WCPP ESRC Policy Fellowship – Involving experts-by-experience in knowledge mobilisation Since November 2023, the ESRC has funded a Policy Fellow to be seconded to the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) to enhance the understanding, capabilities, and skills of knowledge brokering organisations in involving people with lived experience in our work. The Fellowship is an 18-month collaboration between the Fellow (Dr Rounaq Nayak), WCPP, and […] Read more Topics: Lived experience Promoting Equality Research and Impact: The role of KBOs August 13, 2024
Project Tackling Inequalities Increasing access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic children and families in Wales The Welsh Government’s Anti-racist Wales Action Plan (ARWAP) identifies the importance of early childhood play, learning and care to child development, lifelong learning and social integration. Working with its Anti-racist Wales Action Plan Governance Group for Childcare, the Welsh Government identified the issue of uptake of early years childcare among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic […] Read more Topics: Diversity and inclusion Education inequalities July 11, 2024
Project Tackling Inequalities Guidance for schools to support trans young people The Welsh Government published an LGBTQ+ Action Plan in February 2023, providing a framework for policy development across the Welsh Government and partners to support LGBTQ+ individuals within Wales. As part of the LGBTQ+ Action Plan, the Welsh Government committed to provide appropriate national guidance for schools and local authorities to support trans children and […] Read more Topics: Diversity and inclusion Education inequalities May 1, 2024
Project Tackling Inequalities Diversity in Recruitment The Welsh Government has asked the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) to support its work on increasing the proportion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and disabled people who are appointed, in order to correct a current under-representation in the Welsh Government workforce. In particular, the Welsh Government is interested in the following areas […] Read more Topics: Diversity and inclusion Local government January 16, 2024
Project Environment and Net Zero A local authority-led transition to net zero The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) is coordinating a climate change transition and recovery support programme to meet the overall target for the public sector to reach net zero by 2030 and the interim targets outlined in the Net Zero Wales Carbon Budget 2 (2021-25). Local government has a crucial role to play in leading […] Read more Topics: Energy Local government Net Zero December 7, 2023
Project Tackling Inequalities International approaches to population ageing and decline Trends in fertility and mortality have resulted in an increasing excess of deaths over birth since 2015/16 in Wales. The Total Fertility Rate in Wales fell below the replacement rate (of 2.1) in 1974 and has remained there since, standing at just 1.5 births per woman in 2021. Based on past trends, the Welsh population […] Read more Topics: Economy Employment, work and skills November 8, 2023
