What has the Welsh Assembly Senedd ever done for us? Well they have given vital help in protecting Jobs & The Economy

Over the last 10 years Wales has had to cope with less and less money coming from the UK government and yet we have still managed to support our local authorities providing £110m of funding across Wales.  By working much more closely with them, we have ensured that they have not had spending decimated in the last few years, unlike England.  From this standpoint we look at JOBS & ECONOMY :

Here in Wales
> Unemployment has fallen to 3% – the lowest rate since records began almost 25 years ago and below both the UK and the Scottish figure of 3.8%
> Employment is up more than 282,000 since the start of the Assembly and by 23.3% since devolution, compared with a 21.3% increase for the UK over the same period
> Since devolution, the economic inactivity rate in Wales has fallen by 5.3 percentage points, compared with a fall of 2.9 percentage points for the UK over the same period
> A new Development Bank of Wales has been established which is managing £1bn of Welsh Government Funding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Wales has
> Provided additional funding money of £9.1m in support of community pharmacies
> In addition to previous grants has given the hospitality sector a further boost of £30m in recognition of the strain under which it has been working
> Developed a new rail franchise, and protected a guard on every train, and fares have fallen in Wales compared to a rise across the UK.
> Continued to be a fair nation – a nation of fair work and fair trade – and so the Senedd has repealed major elements of the Trade Union Act in order to support all workers.

What has the Welsh Assembly Senedd ever done for us? Well they have provided vital help to deal with the pandamic ...

Wales is proud to have reached its vaccination target by the predicted 15th February deadline, and has now administered over 100,000 of the 1st jab.  It has already reached over 10,000 with the second dose, primarily being given to front facing health & care workers.  And to give specific help to NHS Wales & the health care sector :
* £1.5 billion of additional resources
* A £500 payment for social care workers in recognition of their efforts
* 580 million items of PPE for the health and social care sectors
* More than 100,000 video consultations with health professionals
* Over 145,000 cases reached through contract tracing teams in the public sector - consistently over 90% contact
* Over 1,000 IT devices supplied to 580 care homes 

 

 

 

 

 

But it has does so much more, both by way of financial & other practical support …

On ensuring jobs have been both retained and created :
* Protecting 100,000 jobs through our Economic Resilience Fund
* Supporting and advising 20,000 people through Working Wales
* Our £40 million proactive jobs and skills package

Providing as best an education as it can for our children & young people :
* Funding free school meal provision in the school holidays and until 2022
* 133,000 laptops for children learning at home
* 14,500 extra counselling sessions for children and young people
* £130m extra to deliver our Covid Commitment to education, employment and training
* Providing essential childcare for 9,600 children over the spring and summer
* Surveying 23,700 children on their experiences
* £90m of support for students and universities

And helping other groups, and activities :
* Establishing the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic COVID-19 Advisory Group
* £24 million to support the Third Sector COVID-19 response fund
* £50 million to transform homelessness services
* Supporting 5,000 people into temporary accommodation
* £1.5 million more to help victims and survivors of domestic abuse
* Working with the Shadow Social Partnership Council
* £63 million for the Cultural Recovery Fund