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Baby Brian John Mcgrath Improvising a Theatre Tradition and 13,000 Ot Her Lives plus… Jonathan Edwards and Mark Drakeford Future of the Red-Green alliance Huw Lewis A strategy for child poverty Judy Hutchings Effective parenting Graham Meadows Wales and Europe beyond 2013 Kevin Morgan Power of purchase David Hedges The badger cull Peter Ogden Beauty and Blaenau Ffestiniog Baby Brian John McGrath Improvising a theatre tradition And 13,000 ot her lives www.iwa.org.uk Sprin g 2 01 0 No. 40 | £10 spring 2 010 Editor: John Osmond A scar on our soul Assistant Editor: Stevie Upton In 1998 Gordon Brown, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared that “Child Associate Editor: poverty is a scar on the nation’s soul”. He was announcing the UK Government’s Geraint Talfan Davies aim to halve child poverty by 2010 and eliminate it altogether by 2020. In this Administration: issue’s special feature on child poverty the Welsh Government’s Children’s Helen Sims-Coomber, Clare Johnson Minister Huw Lewis repeats the 2020 commitment. He is unable to do so in Design: relation to 2010 because, as he acknowledges, the number of children living in www.theundercard.co.uk poverty are currently increasing. To advertise However, as we also report, the statistics for children living in poverty do Tel: 029 2066 6606 not go to the root of the problem. Our first concern should the relatively large proportion – at least 96,000, or 15 per cent of our children – living in severe Institute of Welsh Affairs poverty. These are children living in households with below 50 per cent of average 4 Cathedral Road incomes, the point where basic necessities cannot be afforded. The importance of Cardiff CF11 9LJ focusing on this group is that it typically involves families with parents who are not Tel: 029 2066 0820 working. As a result the UK Government’s main instruments for tackling poverty - Email: [email protected] manipulating the tax and benefits system – are largely ineffective. www.iwa.org.uk Up until about 2005 the UK Government was doing fairly well in terms of The IWA is a non-aligned independent think- reducing children in poverty, defined as those living in households with 60 per tank and research institute. Members (annual cent of the average income. This was because it was reaching households just subscription £40) receive agenda three times below the threshold and raising them just above it. In recent years, however, the a year, can purchase reports at a 25 per cent proportion of people in poverty has become more residualised to those reduction, and receive discounts when attending experiencing severe poverty, a group that by definition is harder to help through IWA events. the tax and benefits system. The most effective long-term way of improving the position of children caught Branches in this poverty trap is through engaging them more effectively in the education North Wales Secretariat process. This places a large burden of responsibility on the Welsh Government. c/o Huw Lewis As we report, there are a number examples of good practice in Welsh schools and 6 Maes yr Haul, Mold, Flintshire CH7 1NS communities across Wales that are achieving worthwhile outcomes in raising the Tel: 01352 758311 educational engagement and attainment of disadvantaged children. The challenge Gwent Secretariat is to spread these relatively isolated examples in a mainstream way to all Welsh c/o Chris O’Malley local authorities and to all schools. University of Wales, Newport, Caerleon Campus This message has been taken on board by the Government in Cardiff Bay, PO Box 179, Newport NP18 3YG by the Minister for Education Leighton Andrews, and his deputy Huw Lewis. Tel: 01633 432005 It is encouraging that as Minister for Children, Huw Lewis has been placed West Wales Secretariat within the Department Education rather than, say, Social Justice. This is an c/o Margaret Davies acknowledgement that education is the key public policy lever in tackling child Principal’s Office, Trinity University College, poverty and social disadvantage. Carmarthen SA31 3EP Another sign is the commitment of First Minster Carwyn Jones to increase Tel: 01267 237971 education spending year-on-year by one per cent above whatever increase there is to the Welsh block grant. Against that we have to weigh the reality that public Swansea Bay Secretariat spending is facing a major squeeze in the coming few years. For example, next c/o Beti Williams year’s Welsh education budget is being cut by 3.4 per cent. Department of Computer Science, It is true that, due to nearly a decade of spending largesse, education spending Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP in Wales has increased substantially. The Welsh Government says education Tel: 01792 295625 spending has increased by around 70 per cent over the past decade. However, the Cardiff and Valleys Secretariat reality is that spending in England has gone up even faster – so that by now there c/o Llio Ellis is around a £500 spending gap per year for every Welsh secondary school pupil 3 De Clare Drive, compared with pupils in England. We spend £5,000 per head in Wales but in Radyr, Cardiff CF15 8FY England they spend £5,500. Tel: 07971 246116 In Wales we have chosen over the last decade to divert spending away from Wales in London education and put more in relative terms into health and economic development. c/o Robert John Hopefully, this will be corrected in the coming years and any extra money we First Base, 22 Ganton Street, London W1F 7BY find will be focused on helping those children in severe poverty who are under- Tel: 020 7851 5521 performing in our schools. contents opinion news obituary outlook Spring 2010 No. 40 opi nion child poverty 30 Tackling severe economy child poverty 4 Wales and Europe 18 Missing out on the Trudy Aspinwall sets out 41 Wales needs a beyond 2013 essentials some priorities for the delivery plan Graham Meadows has John Osmond finds that Welsh Government Geraint Talfan Davies some ideas for Welsh education offers the discovers a gulf between policymakers on influencing best means for stemming business and government at the future direction of the rising numbers of polit ics & policy the IWA’s inaugural National cohesion policy Welsh children living in Economy Conference severe poverty 32 Future of the news Red-Green alliance 44 Wage rates and 21 Finding the – Jonathan Edwards : profitability explain 8 Latest news from tipping point Fault Lines in lagging economy the IWA Sarah Lloyd-Jones reports Welsh Politics Eurfyl ap Gwilym on the Glyncoch initiative – Mark Drakeford: questions whether Wales 11 Gareth Jones, to tackle low education Facing the Future is being held back by an 1933-2009 achievement with confidence over-large public sector John Osmond on a man who wielded great policy 24 Effective parenting 47 Opaque funding influence across the parties Judy Hutchings says streams Wales should build on its Stevie Upton calls for outlook record of early intervention greater transparency and to tackle children at risk more evaluation of the 12 Roadmap for our souls Welsh Government’s 13 Gender imbalance 27 Out of sight economic policies 15 Small country: big history out of mind 16 Holtham meets Calman Anita Myfanwy makes the 36 The power of purchase 49 Improving what case for moving child Kevin Morgan argues that a we already do poverty and social chronic procurement skills John Ball says we need exclusion in rural Wales deficit is a hidden crisis in to understand the true higher up the policy agenda the Welsh public sector meaning of innovation 29 Breaking the cycle 38 Provincial stagnation or 51 Merthyr’s progress of deprivation european powerhouse Rhys David measures the gap Huw Lewis advocates John Winterson Richards between vision and reality in integrated support suggests Wales faces a far the contemporary mechanisms for families in more radical choice than we development of the first town the fight against child poverty might imagine of the industrial revolution international environment coming up… Roaring Dragons Awards £30 (£25 IWA members) 53 Saving 13,000 lives 66 Planning for Carmarthen Branch Dinner. Thursday 22 April, 7.00pm – 8.00pm Angela Gorman describes behaviour change Halliwell Centre, Trinity St David’s University College, Carmarthen the work of her Welsh charity Chris Mills explains Guest speaker: Huw Lewis AM, Deputy Minister for Children. which prevents women dying how Environment Agency during childbirth in the Wales is gearing up for Coffee Shop Debate Entry free developing world climate change Thursday 11 May, 6.30pm – 7.30pm, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Chris Corcoran, comedian and TV presenter is passionate about education. 56 Chwarae Teg trading 68 Making waste Ann Hemingway and Elen pay its way Jones celebrate the second Malcolm Chilton says non- Food in the City £65 (£50 IWA members) Monday 24 May, 9.00 – 4.00pm, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff anniversary of Wales’ recyclable waste should declaration as the first Fair be used to generate Keynote speakers: Professor Kevin Morgan, Cardiff University, Steve Trade Nation sustainable electricity to Garrett, Director, Riverside Community Market; Elin Jones AM, Minister for Rural Affairs; Barny Haughton, Chef and Owner, Bordeaux Quay, Bristol. help secure our future energy needs science Evening at Ruthin Craft Centre North Wales Branch event. Thursday 10 June, 6.00-8.00pm 70 Beauty and 58 To cull or not to cull Blaenau Ffestiniog Guided tour with Craft Centre Director Philip Hughes. David Hedges reports on Peter Ogden applauds the Buffet £20 (£17.50p IWA members). the controversy over bid by the town at the tackling TB in badgers heart of Snowdonia to IWA Inspire Wales Awards Dinner in Pembrokeshire be part of the National Thursday 15 June, 7.30pm, City Hall Cardiff Park that surrounds it £55 (£50 IWA members) Table of 10 £500 (£475 members).
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