Improving Public Services

publication 26 June 2019
At the Tipping Point: Welsh Local Government and Austerity
Professor James Downe and Emma Taylor-Collins

This report outlines Welsh councils’ responses to austerity, drawing on interviews with Welsh council leaders, chief executives, finance directors, and external stakeholders. Councils have responded...

publication 13 March 2019
Sustainable Public Procurement
Mair Bell

What is meant by sustainable public procurement, the key approaches to achieving it, and how these can be implemented

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Press Releases 28 February 2019
New report sets out paths from debt as large council tax rises loom
Early intervention is key to stop households falling behind on their council tax or social rent
Publications 28 February 2019
Responding to Citizens in Debt to Public Services
A rapid evidence review
Commentary 26 February 2019
We need to talk about procurement
5 things we learned from our recent event launching our new report
Commentary 5 February 2019
Beyond contracting: public service stewardship to maximise public value
John Tizard introduces the key issues and arguments from our recent report
Publications 4 February 2019
Beyond Contracting: Public Service Stewardship to Maximise Public Value
Taking a more strategic approach to outsourcing and procurement
past event
Beyond contracting: public service stewardship to maximise public value
5 February 2019
A panel event discussed our latest paper and the future of public procurement in Wales
Commentary 20 December 2018
Collaborative procurement in Wales: Pulling together… but in what direction?
Joining forces to buy-in goods and services is a growing trend
Publications 25 October 2018
Preventing Youth Homelessness
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...