FAI Deputy Director João Sousa is joined by FAI Associate Economist Ciara Crummey and Guto Ifan of the Wales Governance Centre to talk about the big news of the week on the campaign trail: the SNP’s food price cap plan, the Scottish Labour, Scottish Greens and Welsh Lib Dems manifestos, and the lack of acknowledgement from parties of the touch fiscal reality facing both Scotland and Wales.
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Timestamps
(0:06) Introductions
(1:27) The SNP price cap plan for ‘essential’ foods
(5:28) The campaign in Wales this week and the Welsh Lib Dems manifesto
(7:07) Tax policy and unwillingness to confront fiscal trade-offs
(11:20) The remaining Scottish manifestos from the week
(15:13) What’s been left unsaid
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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.
Ciara is a Knowledge Exchange Associate at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Her main area of focus is macroeconomic and fiscal analysis. She has recently completed a secondment to the Scottish Fiscal Commission, where she worked as an Economic and Fiscal Analyst in the economy team forecasting macroeconomic conditions.
Guto Ifan
Guto is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre