The Fraser of Allander Institute Podcast

**Please note that this recording is in Welsh - check out our other podcast episodes and our websites for analysis in English.**

This is a recording of the event held by the Wales Governance Centre in Bangor on 21 April, discussing the main talking points in the Senedd election.

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Timestamps:

(0:05) Introductions

(1:14) Income tax proposals

(6:21) Land transaction tax

(9:12) Spending proposals on childcare

(12:36) Costings of proposals

(18:00) Crown Estate devolution

(21:43) Social security devolution

Timestamps:

(0:05) Introductions

(1:18) Rows about costings publications in Wales

(6:06) Costings publications in Scotland

(9:56) The effect of List PR on the manifesto contents

(14:30) Current vs capital block grants

(16:52) What we can expect in the coming week

Timestamps:

(0:06) Introductions

(1:57) Health's place in the Welsh Government's budget

(5:48) Performance of the Welsh NHS

(10:51) Productivity challenges

(15:31) The challenges of moving to a prevention model

Timestamps:

(0:05) Introductions

(0:46) The level of detail of the manifestos

(9:47) Costings in the manifestos

(16:44) The SNP's food price cap

(18:39) Reform's plan to bring in half a million people into the labour market