Minding the Welsh Fiscal Gap

Golau: Politics, Policy and Polling in Wales and the World

English - May 27, 2020 11:07 - 51 minutes - 97 MB
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This episode takes a deep dive into the Welsh economy, the infamous fiscal gap (the difference between tax revenue generated and public sector spending), the economic scenario of Welsh independence and the impact of the Covid19 crisis on the Welsh and UK economies and government responses.

WFA Reports:
Wales’s Fiscal Future: Wales' Fiscal Future: A path to sustainability?: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1767424/Wales_Fiscal_Future_FINAL.pdf
Welsh Government Budget 2020: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/1747699/WFA_budget_briefing_slides.pdf
Wales and Covid19: The Welsh Budget: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1788628/WFA-Spring-Budget-2020.pdf
Wales and Covid19 Update 1:
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/2132654/COVID19_Welsh_Budget_FINAL.pdf
Higher Education and Covid19 in Wales: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/2394361/Covid_FINAL.pdf
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Cian Tudur: @CianTudur
Guto Ifan: @GutoIfan
Wales Fiscal Analysis Team and other research @WalesGovernance

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