FAI Deputy Director João Sousa is joined by Ed Poole and Guto Ifan of Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre to talk about the fiscal context the Welsh Government has been facing, how that has changed and what the projections are for the coming Senedd term.
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Timestamps
(0:05) Introductions
(1:00) The Welsh Government’s funding landscape in the last few years and the Barnett formula.
(5:31) Claims about the “largest ever settlement” and how meaningful those are
(12:09) Differences in funding between Wales and England
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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.
Ed Gareth Poole
Ed is Reader in Reader in Politics at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre
Guto Ifan
Guto is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University and part of the Wales Governance Centre