The Fraser of Allander Institute Podcast

Timestamps

(0:06) Introductions

(1:00) Welsh developments: Plaid Cymru and Welsh Green Party manifestos

(2:26) Childcare proposals in Wales

(8:49) Scottish developments: Scottish Conservatives manifesto

(17:16) Efficiency proposals in Scotland

Timestamps

(00:05) Introduction and the current state of childcare policy in Wales

(4:14) Why the government intervenes in this area

(7:53) Differences between Welsh provision with the rest of the UK

(14:41) Trade-offs between universal and more targeted approaches

(19:04) The effect of policy objectives on childcare policy design

Participants

Prof Stephen Sinclair, GCU & SPIRU 

Hannah Randolph, FAI 

Spencer Thompson, FAI 

Time stamps

(1:10) Latest child poverty statistics

(4:45) Changes to the Family Resources Survey

(12:00) Final child poverty delivery plan

(16:10) Child poverty targets

(23:20) More on data revisions

(25:30) Scale of actions in the delivery plan and distance to the 2030 targets

(30:15) A time for optimism

Timestamps:

(0:06) Evolution of funding during the last Parliamentary term

(7:13) Income tax policy and divergence from the rest of the UK

(13:39) Public sector pay and pressure on the Scottish Budget

Timestamps:

(0:05) Introductions

(1:00) The Welsh Government's funding landscape in the last few years and the Barnett formula.

(5:31) Claims about the "largest ever settlement" and how meaningful those are

(12:09) Differences in funding between Wales and England