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15 Sep 21
Tight funding settlements will leave Welsh authorities with difficult decisions on which services to prioritise, as the nation recovers from Covid-19, according to its spending watchdog.
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16 Apr 21
Councils in Wales face funding pressures of £178m by 2022-23 as Covid-19 and slower growth in Welsh government funding impact on authority budgets, according to new analysis.
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14 Apr 21
The Welsh Government and NHS responded well to the challenges procuring personal protective equipment during the pandemic, a spending watchdog found.
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18 Jan 21
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be allocated by central government ministers, bypassing devolved administrations, according to Treasury chief secretary Steve Barclay.
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13 Jan 21
The Welsh Government is to pay back £3m in European Union grant funding following concerns raised by the Welsh spending watchdog over value for money.
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21 Dec 20
The Welsh Government has proposed a one percentage point increase in its residential land transaction tax, the successor to stamp duty land tax, to help “support housing priorities”.
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17 Dec 20
The Welsh Government has threatened legal action over the Internal Market Bill, which it says is an “attack on its legislative competence”.
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15 Oct 20
An ambitious IT system for health boards and local authorities in Wales is taking longer to roll out and more “costly than expected”, according to Audit Wales.
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17 Aug 20
Local authorities in Wales are set to receive an additional £260m in funding from Welsh Government, to help cover the increased costs resulting from Covid-19.
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3 Aug 20
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.
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6 Apr 20
The Welsh government has called on Westminster to deliver additional financial support for Cardiff Airport in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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6 Dec 16
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.
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1 Dec 16
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...
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30 Nov 16
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...
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15 Nov 16
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...
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7 Nov 16
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...
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14 Sep 16
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.
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9 Mar 16
The Welsh Assembly has passed a bill that will allow for collection of the first Welsh taxes in 800 years.
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25 Jan 16
The Labour-led Welsh Government was quick to set out its spending plans, aiming to provide clarity and protect services despite financial pressure
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12 Nov 15
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.
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27 Jul 15
Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt has been made an honorary CIPFA member in recognition of her work bringing in financial reforms in Wales.
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6 Feb 14
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
15 Sep 21Tight funding settlements will leave Welsh authorities with difficult decisions on which services to prioritise, as the nation recovers from Covid-19, according to its spending watchdog.
14 Apr 21The Welsh Government and NHS responded well to the challenges procuring personal protective equipment during the pandemic, a spending watchdog found.
18 Jan 21The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be allocated by central government ministers, bypassing devolved administrations, according to Treasury chief secretary Steve Barclay.
15 Oct 20An ambitious IT system for health boards and local authorities in Wales is taking longer to roll out and more “costly than expected”, according to Audit Wales.
17 Aug 20Local authorities in Wales are set to receive an additional £260m in funding from Welsh Government, to help cover the increased costs resulting from Covid-19.
6 Dec 16More 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.
1 Dec 16The 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...
15 Nov 16Ahead 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...
9 Mar 16The Welsh Assembly has passed a bill that will allow for collection of the first Welsh taxes in 800 years.
27 Jul 15Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt has been made an honorary CIPFA member in recognition of her work bringing in financial reforms in Wales.
