Communities

publication 9 September 2020
Children looked after in Wales
Dr Helen Hodges

On 31st March 2019, there were 6,845 children looked after in Wales, a further increase of 440 compared to the previous year. As a result, the gap between...

commentary 30 April 2020
Loneliness in Lockdown
Suzanna Nesom and Dr Hannah Durrant

Prior to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 16% of the Welsh population identified as lonely, and it is known that loneliness and social isolation present significant challenges...

publication 25 October 2018
Preventing Youth Homelessness
Kaitlin Schwan, David French, Stephen Gaetz...

In June 2017, the First Minster announced that he would ask the Wales Centre for Public Policy to contribute research on youth homelessness prevention. An international...

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Commentary 21 March 2018
Brexit, Immigration and Wales: Professor Jonathan Portes Vlog
Professor Jonathan Portes (King's College London) discusses the implications that Brexit will have on immigration, and what this will mean for Wales. This video was...
Publications 3 August 2017
Tackling Exploitation in Low-waged Work
This report explores how to tackle exploitation in low-waged work.
Publications 19 May 2017
Immigration Policy after Brexit
This report explores the likely immigration policy options the UK Government will consider post Brexit.
Commentary 21 July 2016
Tackling Rural Poverty – Identifying the Causes
On a visit to Beijing in 2015 I met the Chinese Vice-Minister for Rural Development. A jovial man, who looked back fondly on the two years...
Publications 27 May 2016
De-escalating Interventions for Troubled Adolescents
This report by the Public Policy Institute for Wales (PPIW) provides advice on the potential to de-escalate interventions in the lives of troubled adolescents. To...
Commentary 24 March 2016
Why We Need Evidence on Poverty
Poverty is a long-standing and apparently intractable problem in Wales. Around 23% of population, some 700,000 people, live on household incomes of less than 60% of the median....
Publications 24 February 2016
Childcare Policy Options for Wales
What is the potential impact of extending the Welsh Government’s provision of free childcare for three to four year olds?
Publications 21 January 2016
Rural Poverty in Wales
What are the issues surrounding rural poverty in Wales?