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Reforming local government finance and local taxation has long been on the political agenda. Despite incremental changes to local taxation law sinc...
Europeans who lived in the UK before Brexit had to apply to stay before 30 June 2021. Though that deadline was nearly three years ago, the UK Gov...
Marie Curie once said she was taught “the way of progress was neither swift nor easy”. This could just as easily be applied to the pace of progress...
On 20 December, the Welsh Government set out details of its funding for Wales’ 22 local authorities in its Draft Budget for 2024-25. In this artic...
Voter turnout at the last Senedd Elections in 2021 was 46.6%. This was the highest ever turnout in a Senedd election, but it means that 53%of peopl...
A new Bill going through the Senedd could establish a five-yearly cycle of council tax revaluations, while increasing the frequency of non-domestic...
The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill was introduced into the Senedd on 20 November 2023. This page brings together key Senedd Research public...
The Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill was introduced into the Senedd on 20 November 2023. This bilingual glossary provides a list of key terms...
Last year, the UK Government described levelling up as its “defining mission”. It has developed a number of funds, including the Shared Prosperity...
A new Bill going through the Senedd could mean that registering to vote for Senedd and local government elections in Wales becomes a thing of the p...
The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill was introduced into the Senedd on 2 October 2023. This bilingual glossary provides a full list of te...
With local public services stretched and the demands on core statutory services, especially education and social care, absorbing ever greater resou...
The Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill was introduced into the Senedd on 2 October 2023. This page pulls together key Senedd Research publi...
Registering to vote for Senedd and local government elections in Wales may become a thing of the past, if a new Bill going through the Senedd becom...
The framework that supports the development of Welsh language education provision needs strengthening, with robust monitoring of local authority pr...
A collection of research briefs provided to the Petitions Committee to inform their consideration of each petition.
The Local Government and Housing Committee's new report calls for more support to encourage people from under-represented backgrounds to stand for...
The Local Government and Housing Committee is urging the Welsh Government to provide more money to save local services.
Senedd committee highlights concerns about a lack of funding certainty and need to embed the voluntary sector in emergency response as areas to imp...
The Senedd’s Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee is calling for the commissioning of new statues or commemorative artworks in Wale...
The Final Report of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales (LDBC) recommends that Higher Kinnerton and Hope are merged into a two-me...
Minister for Education, Kirsty Williams, has announced the planned re-opening of schools on 29th June. From Monday 22nd June, the opening hours of...
The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales have extremely advanced proposals, now with the Welsh Government, which move Forge Mill estat...
The people of Wales are calling upon the Welsh Assembly to freeze council tax due to the unprecedented pandemic COVID -19 The people of Wales...
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill Bill Summary January 2024 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the...
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Quick guide to the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 Research Briefing October 2021 http://www.senedd.wales The Welsh Parli...
National Assembly for Wales Senedd Research www.assembly.wales/research Public service reform in post-devolution Wales: a timeline of local government developments Research Briefing Sep...