"Prototyping"

If Wales wants to rise to the challenge of improving public services, we have to change how we design and deliver them. That means putting people first, adopting modern and open ways of working, drawing on the best digital practices to build services that are simple, efficient, and designed around real life-needs.

Wales faces significant challenges in housing, infrastructure, climate change and public health. Yet the planning system – anchored in local development plans – is struggling to respond. Many local plans are outdated, the process for updating them is long and complex, and both communities and businesses find it hard to engage. Wrexham’s recent high-profile planning dispute illustrates the risks.

The way we design and deliver public services is broken. For over a decade, we’ve failed to increase our state capacity as Welsh public services have faced growing pressures: rising demand alongside reduced funding. People need and expect more, but public services have failed to keep up….