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commentary 13 June 2024
Why Wales needs a new approach to tackling loneliness
Alexis Palá

Our Loneliness Inequalities Evidence Review argues that limited public resources could be better spent if loneliness is understood and addressed through the lens of inequalities.

commentary 8 November 2023
Let's talk about poverty stigma
Amanda Hill-Dixon

Poverty stigma – what is it, where does it come from and why are we working on it?

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Commentary 3 November 2020
A Conversation on Wales’ Future
On 18th September 2020 we, along with our colleagues at WISERD (Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data), hosted a webinar in which Carwyn...
Commentary 14 August 2020
The Vital Role of Tertiary Education
Post-16 education and training are vital to individual opportunity and to the green economic growth Wales needs if it is to match the ambition of...
Commentary 21 October 2019
Tackling Inequalities through Gender Budgeting
With the opportunity provided by the Gender Equality Review and the commitment to feminist principles by the Welsh Government, the time is ripe for the...
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 5 December 2018
5 Things You Should Know About Gender Equality in Wales
Feeding back from our recent Gender Equality Review seminar
Commentary 15 May 2018
Our part in the Welsh Government Gender Equality Review
Dr Alison Parken is contributing to a review of international best practice on gender equality
Commentary 24 March 2016
Why We Need Evidence on Poverty
Poverty is a long-standing and apparently intractable problem in Wales. Around 23% of population, some 700,000 people, live on household incomes of less than 60% of the median....