The Guardian view on the Welsh heartlands: invest in their future | Editorial

The UK government should work alongside the one in Cardiff to prevent rural depopulation During a webinar last year on "the past, present and future of Welsh living standards", the first minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, told an anecdote to illustrate a point. Mr Drakeford had publicly floated the idea of using tax devolution powers to persuade people living in, for example, Bristol, to come and live in Wales and become Welsh taxpayers. This idea was frostily received by current Welsh taxpayers...