Press Releases
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Response to Welsh Government’s Well-being of Wales Report
1/10/21
"The Well-being of Wales Report is Welsh Government’s assessment of whether they are making progress against the seven national well-being goals set in law by the Well-being of Future Generations...
Wales needs to explore paying everyone a basic income – open letter to First Minister
22/7/21
Wales should explore paying everyone a basic income to study how it could improve lives for generations in the future, the First Minister is being urged.
We can end fuel poverty with £15bn retrofit investment plan for our homes, says Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
12/7/21
Fuel poverty could be eradicated in Wales by 2030 if Welsh Government commits to a long-term plan to improve the efficiency of our homes, says the Future Generations Commissioner for...
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales asks for explanation into road freeze exemptions
7/7/21
The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe, has asked Welsh Government to explain how decisions are being made on Wales’ road-building freeze exemptions.
Pressure mounts on UK Government to follow Welsh Government and back the Well-being of Future Generations Bill
30/6/21
More than two thirds of the public want the Government to consider future generations in policy-making – according to new research - and the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales is...
Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, welcomes the news that all new road building projects in Wales are being paused by Welsh Government
22/6/21
“This is a huge step in the right direction for the healthier, resilient and more equal Wales and shows the difference having a Well-being of Future Generations Act makes."
Climate change threat to our homes explored by Future Generations Commissioner’s poet in residence, Taylor Edmonds, with new poem commissioned by free event, Everything Change
17/6/21
‘the leaders, the people, they rolled over like spent dogs, yawned above the warnings’
Future Generations Commissioner welcomes Welsh Government’s plan for the next five years – but says it lacks detail and timeline
15/6/21
“Welsh Government’s new Programme for Government is a reminder of the severe inequalities and injustices facing current and future generations, exacerbated by key events of the last year."
Radical vision for Wales needed to create future-fit jobs, says Future Generations Commissioner in her plan for new government
24/5/21
Thousands of new ‘future-fit' jobs could be created if the new Welsh Government embraces a radical vision for Wales, according to the Future Generations Commissioner.