WLGA

Publications

• WLGA Evidence - Cost of Living Inquiry - Economic, Trade & Rural Affairs Committee, Senedd [May 2022]

• WLGA Executive Board - Budgets 2023/2024: Pressures and cost of living [July 2022]

• WLGA Executive Board - Cost of Living: Impact on Households [October 2022]

• WLGA Executive Board - Local Government response to cost-of-living crisis [October 2022]

• WLGA Response to Welsh Government consultation on the Draft Child Poverty Strategy for Wales 2023 [September 2023]

Press Releases

• Immediate action needed to combat surging costs of living [August 2022]

• WLGA warns of looming “perfect winter storm” [August 2022]

• Autumn Statement: “Future of local services at stake” [November 2022]

• Council delivered free school meals extended to April and May holidays [March 2023]

Welsh Government

• Money and financial inclusion

• Get help with the cost of living

• Cost of Living Support Scheme: guide for local authorities 

• Here to help with the cost of living

• Report of the Wales Expert Group on the cost of living crisis [September 2023]

   

Senedd

• Help and information on cost of living support

UK Government

• ​Help for Households - Get government cost of living support

Data

• Chief statistician’s update: where to find data and analysis on the cost of living crisis l Welsh Government

• Inflation dashboard l Data Cymru

• Understanding the cost of living l Data Cymru

• Children in poverty l Data Cymru

Research

• Our greatest asset: The final report of the IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity | IPPR

• Tackling Health Inequalities | Seven Priorities For The NHS | The King's Fund

• What pushes unpaid carers into poverty? | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

• “A Dual Crisis – The hidden link between poverty & children’s mental health” l Children and Mental Health Coalition 2024

• The Relationship Between Poverty And NHS Services | The King's Fund

• Life in the UK 2023 Wales l Carnegie UK Trust

• How can councils support their communities through the cost-of-living crisis? | WCPP

• The rising cost of living and health and wellbeing in Wales: a national survey l Public Health Wales / Bangor University

• The cost of living crisis in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland l Centre for Progressive Policy

• Poverty & Cost of Living Crisis l Bevan Foundation

• Citizens Advice Cymru - Wales policy research l Citizens Advice

• Response to Welsh Government’s Well-being of Wales Report 2022 l The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

• The long shadow of the cost of living emergency l Carnegie UK Trust

• Poverty and social exclusion review | WCPP

• Consumer Codes - protecting consumers during the cost-of-living crisis l Chartered Trading Standards Institute

• Destitution in the UK | Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Useful resources

• Citizens Advice l Wales

• Support with bills | Welsh Water

• Cost of living hub | Local Government Association

• Staying well during the Cost of Living Crisis l Public Health Wales

• Communicating Help for Households and Cost of Living Payments l Universal Credit

• Cost of living resources and information l WCVA