Wales must continue to reform its national curriculum and raise the standard of teaching to improve the quality of its school system, an OECD assessment has found.
Almost one third of community councils in Wales are failing to either prepare their accounts on time, manage risk, or set an appropriate budget, according to the Welsh spending watchdog.
Local authorities in Wales working with charities and voluntary organisations must do more to demonstrate they are receiving value for money, the auditor general for Wales has said.
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.
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...
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...
The Welsh finance secretary has welcomed the increase in capital funding announced by chancellor Philip Hammond in the Autumn Statement this week, but said it did not go far enough.
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...
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...
The NHS in Wales is set to receive a funding boost next year, which must be used to deliver sustained improvements in performance and patient outcomes as well as maintaining day-to-day services.
Prime minister Theresa May risks provoking a constitutional crisis if she fails to reach agreement with the three devolved administrations on the course of the UK’s exit from the European Union, the...
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.
A leading Brexit campaigner has said negotiations to leave the EU represent an opportunity to “rebalance the whole of the United Kingdom constitution”.
A second Scottish independence referendum is now “highly likely” after Scotland voted to remain in the European Union despite a vote to leave by the rest of the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
