FAI Deputy Director João Sousa is joined by the Wales Governance Centre’s Ed Poole and Guto Ifan to discuss childcare policy in Wales: what is in place at the moment, the policy goals of intervention and what political parties have and are expected to announce.
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Timestamps
(00:05) Introduction and the current state of childcare policy in Wales
(4:14) Why the government intervenes in this area
(7:53) Differences between Welsh provision with the rest of the UK
(14:41) Trade-offs between universal and more targeted approaches
(19:04) The effect of policy objectives on childcare policy design
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Authors
João is Deputy Director and Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Previously, he was a Senior Fiscal Analyst at the Office for Budget Responsibility, where he led on analysis of long-term sustainability of the UK's public finances and on the effect of economic developments and fiscal policy on the UK's medium-term outlook.
Guto Ifan
Guto is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre
Ed Gareth Poole
Ed is Reader in Reader in Politics at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre