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Matt Dicks gives a Welsh perspective on the UK Government’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper. Levelling up is the strategy upon which Boris Johnson built his 2019 election victory. It was, and remains, the subtext to ‘taking back control’ through… Read more »
Wales will be almost £1 billion worse off by 2024 as a result of the UK Government’s failure to honour its commitment to match European funding in full after Breixt, says economy minister Vaughan Gething. The Leave campaign promised during… Read more »
New tax powers to incentivise developers to complete stalled sites and build more homes are being held up in Westminster, says finance minister Rebecca Evans. The vacant land tax was first proposed in 2017 as a way to stop landowners… Read more »
How much of a threat could plans for the post-Brexit UK internal market be to devolved housing policy? Matt Dicks assesses some worrying evidence. Earlier this month, CIH Cymru wrote to the Secretary of State for Wales seeking clarity on… Read more »
The roll-out of Universal Credit poses fundamental challenges for devolved services in Wales that demand leadership from Welsh Government, says Tamsin Stirling. Barely a week goes by without Universal Credit featuring in the media in one way or another. Stories… Read more »
Welsh Government must learn lessons from England to get the ONS decision on the status of housing associations reversed, says Aaron Hill. Doing things differently to England has so often been the defining mantra of post-devolution politics in Wales. In housing… Read more »
Steffan Evans blogs on challenges and opportunities for housing associations and Welsh Government following the decision to reclassify housing associations as part of the public sector. Housing associations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are to be reclassified as part of… Read more »
Devolution means housing policy is diverging across the UK. In a lecture for the CIH, Tamsin Stirling gives a Welsh perspective on what we can learn from each other. A former editor and regular WHQ contributor, Tamsin was asked by the… Read more »
Is the Draft Wales Bill the next step for devolution or a step back? Tamsin Stirling blogs on criticisms of the legislation and the implications for housing. Just before Christmas I attended a very interesting briefing from the Wales Governance… Read more »
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