Economist Calvin Jones calls for a new national conversation on rural Wales.
Review: The Federal-Confederal Letters
May 2025 sees the release of the booklet The Federal-Confederal Letters by David Melding and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones. The letters spanning October 2023 to March 2025 explore issues of constitutional history and development in the UK and internationally, making the case for much needed reform in the individual and collective governing arrangements for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Award-winning journalist Will Hayward reviews the booklet for the welsh agenda.
For Welsh councils to be sustainable, they need to transform
WCPP’s Prof Dan Bristow and Dr Jack Price outline key principles for local government reform.
From Recycling to Reuse: Seizing the Circular Opportunity for Wales
Owen Derbyshire sets out why a reuse-ready Deposit Return Scheme is essential for delivering Wales’ circular economy ambitions and for meeting our duty to future generations.
Lessons from Scottish Labour: what can Welsh Labour learn about constitutional change
Welsh Labour must put a new Wales Bill in their Senedd election manifesto, argues Ben Gwalchmai.
We know how to build net zero homes. So, why aren’t we?
Adam Meyrick discusses Wales’ housing challenge and how devolved actors can solve it.
System transformation or cliff-edge? The role of time-limited funds in achieving public policy goals
Prof Mark Llewellyn and Prof Fiona Verity discuss the tensions in funding programmes for public health transformation.
Disruption and market futurology at Cardiff University
The pace of cuts, commercialisation and techno-speculation at the Welsh flagship institution risk its collapse.
LONG READ: Devolution and Constitutional Reform: towards a stable and efficient democratic parliamentary structure
Mick Antoniw MS argues that a constitutional reform and further devolution for Wales are urgently needed in order to settle the longer term democratic framework for the UK.