Alma Economics conducted a Delphi study to explore how the commitment to eliminate profit from the care of looked-after children in Wales may affect their care and outcomes.
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Alma Economics was commissioned to analyse the responses to the Welsh Government’s public consultation on its Just Transition Framework.
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We are pleased to announce that our process evaluation of the expansion of the Flying Start programme, commissioned by the Welsh Government, has now been published. Here are some of our key findings.
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Like the rest of the United Kingdom, Wales faces a shortage of social housing – housing administered through local authorities which provides affordable rents and long-term tenancies for those who need it most…
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Advice services provide people with free and impartial advice on issues they face, from housing problems to the need to claim welfare benefits. Organisations like Citizens Advice and Shelter play a pivotal role in empowering individuals…
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Tourism is a key industry in Wales, accounting for 5% of Welsh gross value-added in 2019, 11% of all employment, and 11% of all registered enterprises in the country (as of 2020). Given the importance of its tourism sector, the Welsh Government wants to…
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In 2017, the Welsh Government introduced its own taxation policy for transactions involving the sales and leasing of land and buildings, replacing the UK’s Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). Wales’s new Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes Act 2017 (LTTA) …
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One in three people in Wales live in unsafe or unaffordable housing. The pandemic has highlighted these inequalities in the housing sector as lockdowns have led to people…
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