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“In Wales, we are doing things differently,” explains the Welsh government on its website, 25 years after devolution gave it control over matters such as public health, housing, education and the economy.
Covid-19 has upped the ante. In February, Wales became the first home nation to make vaccines available to five-to-11-year-olds, then launched a trial for a universal basic income. It also promoted the idea of a four-day working week (in line with its Well-being of Future Generations Act, the only legislation of its type in the world).
