The Welsh Government is in the process of procuring the next Wales and Borders rail franchise ahead of the end of the current franchise (2018) held by Arriva Trains Wales. It has a long-standing aspiration to create a service run on a not-for-dividend basis. Underlying this is a desire to …
The Public Policy Institute for Wales is working with the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) to review the international evidence about what works in tackling rural poverty. This study examining interventions that are designed to address four key issues which were identified in our earlier literature review: The rural …
The First Minister has commissioned the PPIW to provide analytical support to the Welsh Government’s European Advisory Group (EAG). The EAG, which is chaired by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, is providing advice on the challenges and potential opportunities Wales faces arising from the UK’s withdrawal from …
The PPIW is providing support and advice to the recently established Welsh Government Cabinet Office as it develops new processes and structures. Early work has included providing input on the development of the four cross cutting strategies that will shape the Welsh Government’s activities over the period of this Assembly. …
The Welsh Government has committed to delivering an extra 20,000 affordable homes this assembly term. The Public Policy Institute for Wales has been asked to convene a panel of academic housing experts to discuss Welsh Government’s emerging delivery plans in pursuit of the affordable housing target and the implication of …
Current legislation permits physical punishment of children so long as it constitutes “reasonable punishment”. The PPIW are undertaking two pieces of work related to the Welsh Government’s intention to seek cross party support for legislation to end the defence of “reasonable punishment”. The first is an in-house evidence review on …
The Public Policy Institute for Wales brought together an invited group of leading public management experts and Welsh Government officials to explore the existing evidence about public service improvement and identify future evidence needs to support incoming Ministers. Workshop participants included senior academics and representatives from Y Lab, the Early …
As part of our work exploring what works in tackling poverty, the PPIW held a workshop to explore alternative approaches to poverty reduction. The workshop highlighted weaknesses in current approaches to measuring poverty and concluded that there could be value in examining if the Welsh Median Income measure (alongside other …
As part of our programme of research and knowledge exchange on ‘What Works in Tackling Poverty’, the PPIW commissioned an in-depth study of the potential for growth sectors to reduce poverty. The research, which is led by Professor Anne Green, is analysing statistical data and drawing on an extensive review …
In Spring 2016, working with Wales Public Services 2025, the PPIW ran a series of facilitated workshops exploring how further ‘technical’ efficiency could help close the projected long-term NHS ‘funding gap’ in Wales. This was linked to new modelling work by the Health Foundation on NHS Wales fiscal sustainability and …
