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 Continued to be a fair nation – a nation of fair work and fair trade – and so the Senedd has repealed major elements of the Trade Union Act in order to support all workers.