The Welsh government is to allocate an additional £22.7m in funding for adult social care services, to help meet the additional costs resulting from Covid-19.
More than £1bn from the latest round of European Union structural funding for Wales has now been invested in schemes across the country, Welsh finance secretary Mark Drakeford has confirmed.
The Welsh Government is “on track” with preparations to assume its devolved responsibilities for taxation, but careful monitoring is required to ensure the project is a success, the...
The Welsh local government minister has told Public Finance he is “open minded” about how funding might change to accommodate planned reforms to the sector that would pool some services at a regional...
Ahead of addressing the CIPFA Wales conference later this month, Welsh Government cabinet secretary for finance Mark Drakeford sets out the challenges for public services posed by Brexit and...
A blueprint for Welsh councils reform, which will set out more details of plans to pool some services at regional level, will be published early next year, Welsh local government secretary Mark...
The Welsh Government’s budget could be cut by 3.2% in real terms over the next three years, according to an analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt has called for Cardiff Bay to be given additional financial freedoms in the forthcoming Spending Review in order to boost infrastructure investment.
If local government restructuring in Wales results in a higher cost base it could prove disastrous. But is hard to see how the process will not end up costing a lot more than it saves
