This week we're looking beyond the election. Whichever party leads the next government is going to face a spectrum of difficult decisions that will come as a shock after the 'hopey changey stuff' of the campaign.

We're helped in our debate by two detailed reports examining the reality of government in Cardiff Bay:

- The Wales Fiscal Analysis team at the Wales Governance Centre published 'Setting the Scene: Wales on the eve of the 2026 Senedd Election: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/wales-governance-centre/publications/finance

- And the Institute for Fiscal Studies published 'Public service spending and performance in Wales': https://ifs.org.uk/publications/public-service-spending-and-performance-wales

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Your hosts:

Prof Laura McAllister of the Wales Governance Centre at Cardiff University, former national football team captain and Vice President at UEFA

Lauren McEvatt, political commentator and former Conservative Special Advisor to the Wales Office in UK Govt

Lee Waters, Labour Party Member of the Senedd for Llanelli and former Welsh Govt Minister

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