Replacing the Barnett Formula with a needs-based system would be ‘relatively straightforward’, according to the Independent Commission on Funding and Finance for Wales
The public sector should have introduced a pay and recruitment freeze last year and must now curb final-salary pensions, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce has claimed
Children’s mental health services in Wales have failed to improve sufficiently despite development funding and the introduction of staff in vital areas, a joint inspection has found
The Welsh Assembly Government’s 2010/11 budget plans fail to show how the government’s objectives will be met in ‘changed economic circumstances’, AMs have said
Giving the Welsh Assembly full law-making powers over the 20 devolved policy areas would substantially improve the current system, a landmark report has said
Finance directors face the ‘challenge of a lifetime’ in dealing with the public sector funding crisis, the Welsh Assembly Government’s permanent secretary has warned
Progress on reducing child poverty in Wales has been ‘inadequate’ and the economic climate should not be used as an excuse for shying away from the problem, the children’s commissioner for Wales has...
Jeremy Colman believes audit bodies should themselves be accountable. He tells Paul Dicken that, after an external review, the Wales Audit Office is in better shape to cope with recession
The streamlined National Health Service in Wales faces an ‘enormous and complicated’ task in meeting expectations at a time of reduced public spending, the Welsh NHS Confederation has said
The Wales Audit Office has established itself as an authoritative voice but is at a watershed as the public sector faces a ‘major drive’ for efficiency savings, an expert panel has said
The Welsh Assembly Government has announced it will protect health and youth employment budgets from cuts while spending across the public sector is restrained
Mental health services across Wales continue to be inconsistent and could remain a low priority in the reorganised health service, Assembly Members have warned
NHS Direct Wales is providing a valuable service at a reasonable cost but should be more involved in the provision of ‘unscheduled care’, the Welsh spending watchdog has found
A new and more positive relationship needs to be developed between the devolved administrations and the UK government if the Union is to be preserved, leading academics and public officials have been...
Welsh councils look set to avoid European Union financial penalties for sending waste to landfill after achieving their targets a year early, according to the Environment Agency
The Welsh Assembly Government has set out further details of an initiative to create a ‘shared responsibility’ across agencies for supporting vulnerable children and families