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Home » Harry Thompson

Harry Thompson

is Economic Policy Lead at the Institute of Welsh Affairs.

IWA Analysis – Welsh Budget Highlights Devolution Weakness

Harry Thompson analyses the Welsh Government’s budget, highlighting its demonstration of the weaknesses in the devolved fiscal settlement.

19th December (19th December)
  • Politics and Policy
Harry Thompson unpacks the impact of the mini-budget.

IWA Analysis: Mini-Budget: A Generational Missed Opportunity

Harry Thompson, the IWA’s Economic Policy Lead, responds to the UK Government’s mini-budget and subsequent events.

28th September (4th October)
  • Politics and Policy
Trade unions and collective bargaining are an important economic tool to redress power imbalances, according to Harry Thompson.

IWA ANALYSIS: Trade Unions Can Re-balance an Unequal Economy

Harry Thompson takes a closer look at the current rise in industrial actions across the UK, and examines the role of trade unions.

30th June (11th July)
  • Politics and Policy

Local Elections: The State of Play in Wales

Harry Thompson takes a look at the current landscape of Welsh politics, and where the main parties stand in the wake of the local elections.

11th May (12th May)
  • Politics and Policy

IWA Analysis: Can Wales truly be radical?

The IWA’s Economic Policy Lead Harry Thompson takes a look at whether Wales’ fiscal framework truly allows transformative policy-making.

6th April (6th April)
  • Politics and Policy

IWA View: Spring Statement: A Confused Response to the Cost of Living Crisis

The IWA’s Economic Policy Lead Harry Thompson examines the 2022 Spring Statement.

26th March (25th March)
  • Politics and Policy

IWA Analysis: Our View on the Welsh Government & Plaid Cymru Co-operation Agreement

Will Henson and Harry Thompson look at the potential implications of the Welsh Government’s Co-operation Agreement with Plaid Cymru.

23rd November
  • Politics and Policy
Access to nature conditions who has a say in nature writing, Grace Quantock argues. The picture represents an idyllic Welsh landscape.

IWA Analysis: What do we want from Wales’ land, and why does it matter?

Land is one of the most precious resources a country has. Although countries are defined by their people, culture, heritage

24th September (19th October)
  • Politics and Policy
Money spilling out of a jar

Basic Income Pilot: Mark Drakeford’s Controlled Experiment

Harry Thompson argues that the First Minister’s recent plan to trial a Basic Income Pilot has the potential to offer groundbreaking, real-life insights into the effects of the policy.

16th August (16th August)
  • Politics and Policy
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