The two reports released in Wales today may on the surface not to have anything in common but point to the need for serious economic debate on Wales’s future; they may just move us on from the current malaise that seems to have settled over Welsh politics once again.
The first is the Save the Children report showing Wales has the highest level of children living in sever poverty is shocking but nobody who has lived or worked in the South Wales Valleys will be remotely surprised by the findings because the fact remains things are getting worse year on year despite the Government spin from Cardiff and London about improvements. It’s even more depressing that these reports have to keep being written - we are overdue some action to tackle these deep-seated problems but I bet we’ll have more bad news before any serious action is taken.
The second is the Welsh Tories Economic Commission Report which contained 14 proposals, some of which deserve debating more widely such as aligning the Economic Development and Education Departments in WAG to ensure co-ordination of policy and implementation and using more Welsh companies in Welsh public sector procurement, but we shouldn’t get our hopes up as anything with a Tory label on it in the current climate is be reported as inherently evil and bad for Wales.
Do we have grown-ups who can see past their own ego and party banner to do some good for all parts of Wales?Any source
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