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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Commentary 23 July 2019
Responding to those in difficulty with council tax debt in Wales: what does the evidence show?
This blog draws on a recent Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) report ‘Responding to citizens in debt to public services: A rapid evidence review’...
Commentary 8 July 2019
Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times
On 24th May 2019, the Wales Centre for Public Policy and the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) organised a conference...
Publications 26 June 2019
At the Tipping Point: Welsh Local Government and Austerity
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...
past event
What Works Centres summit – Local economic performance
10 June 2019
Insights from research and evidence, and the implications for Wales
Press Releases 30 May 2019
Youth homelessness focus at Urdd Eisteddfod
Dr Andrew Connell will tell the Urdd Eisteddfod how youth homelessness can be eradicated in Wales.
past event
Welsh Policy and Politics in Unprecedented Times
24 May 2019
A one-day conference in partnership with WISERD
Publications 14 May 2019
Analysis of the Factors Contributing to the High Rates of Care in Wales
On 31st March 2018, there were 6,405 children looked after in Wales, almost 1,900 more children than were looked after in 2006. Over that time Wales has consistently had...
Commentary 17 April 2019
How can governments improve cross-cutting working?
Cross cutting working - making sure that different departments and services work effectively with each other - is a constant challenge for all governments, even...