Public spending patterns since devolution ‘interesting and perhaps unexpected’

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In the first decade of devolution, total public spending per head in Wales grew at almost 4% a year in real terms. The public sector austerity that followed saw spending gradually fall. If the pattern of the first 10 years had continued, public spending per head would have been around 40% higher in 2017-18 than was the case.  These figures are all set out in a new report and data tool published today.