The Welsh government is consulting on a new land transaction tax for Wales, it has been announced. Finance minister Jane Hutt said this would be the first new tax to be levied in Wales for 800 years.
Ten of the UK’s largest cities have today launched a ‘freedom charter’ setting out demands for devolution that they said would drive national prosperity and boost local economies.
Satisfaction levels with the NHS in Wales fell last year, according to a National Survey for Wales. Despite this, more than nine out of ten people polled were satisfied with care provided by both GPs...
The government’s ‘bedroom tax’ has affected a greater proportion of tenants in Wales than in Scotland or England, an analysis by the Wales Audit Office has found.
Professor Julian Le Grand, who has advised the government on the creation of public sector mutuals and has undertaken a review of children’s services in Birmingham, is among the public sector...
Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has convened cross-party talks in Cardiff that are intended to lead to an agreed devolution plan for the principality by next March.
Key council services could disappear following further reductions in the sectors financial settlement from the Welsh Government, the country’s local government leaders have warned.
The Labour Welsh Government has struck a two-year budget deal with the Liberal Democrats that will see extra funds go to schools, the NHS and social services.
More powers for Scotland must be matched by devolution of tax, spending and welfare powers in England and Wales, according to a poll of council leaders and Cabinet members.
William Hague has said the Conservatives are ‘wholeheartedly committed’ to increasing the autonomy of Scotland and Wales, but indicated this must be matched with reforms to ensure that only English...
The Welsh National Assembly’s Finance Committee has turned to Scotland, and to CIPFA, for specialist counsel in scrutinising the Welsh Government’s 2015/16 Budget
A pledge by UK party leaders to maintain the Barnett Formula for funding public services in Scotland if there is a no vote in Thursday’s independence referendum will increase demands for English...
Cardiff Council has been criticised by the Auditor General for Wales for not addressing weak performance in some key service areas due to what it called ‘fragmented leadership and management’.