Huw Vaughan Thomas, former auditor general for Wales, talks to PF’s Vivienne Russell about how the Wales Audit Office has evolved and the implications of the country’s new fiscal...
Northern Ireland’s public services incurred the biggest spending per head in the UK in 2016-17, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
School spending per pupil in England has fallen by 8% in real terms since 2009-10, more than the drop seen in Wales, according to an Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis.
Wales would take a financial hit if the Barnett formula is used to allocate replacement funding for EU programmes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
The Welsh Government has admitted that a relationship it entered into with Pinewood film studios did not provide value for money, according to a Wales Audit Office probe.
A consultation on proposed amendments to the local authorities’ capital finance and accounting in Wales has thrown up interesting questions about how councils borrow, says CIPFA's Jo Pitt....
An independent review of health and social care in Wales has called for the creation of a seamless service organised around users and their families, as close as possible to their homes.
Defra has insisted the Environment Agency will play a “critical role” in delivering the government’s environmental plans over the next 25 years, as a new watchdog is set up.
The Wales Audit Office has urged local authorities to take stock of their of homelessness services as real terms spending drops 26.3% over seven years - despite a cash boost from the Welsh Government.
