Economy and Work

Poverty is sometimes depicted as a primarily urban phenomenon but there is financial hardship in all regions and geographies in Wales. One in five (21%) of...

The Welsh Government has asked the Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) to support its work on increasing the proportion of Black, Asian and Minority...

There is a real risk of population decline in Wales, especially among the younger and working age populations, and especially if in-migration falls.

With the population of Wales projected to continue to age and faced with a decreasing working-age population, we are conducting a review of the best...

The Wales Centre for Public Policy has published international evidence on building safety regulation to help inform draft Welsh Government legislation. Currently in Wales, building...

Enabling ‘pathways’ out of poverty must be a fundamental goal of any anti-poverty strategy. But how should such a strategy seek to achieve this? And...

Several of the challenges faced by people living in poverty or social exclusion in Wales relate to where they live. Local costs of living, affordability...

During the initial months of the pandemic, when various protections were in place – such as the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit – the number of...