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MS for North Wales Speaking during the Debate in the Welsh Parliament on the Welsh Government’s Final Budget 2021-22, I said “After more than two decades of Labour Budgets since devolution, Wales still has the lowest wage and employment levels, and highest proportion of low-paid jobs in Britain, and the lowest prosperity levels and long-term pay growth, and highest poverty rate, of all UK Nations. We needed a Budget to fix the foundations and build a more secure and prosperous economy for the future. Instead, what we got was a Budget that papered over the cracks rather than rebuilding the foundations, a Budget that shows this Welsh Government do not understand what went wrong in the last two decades or what is needed in the next”.
NORTH Wales MS Mark Isherwood has called for improved coronavirus safety measures in supermarkets cater for the needs of blind and partially sighted people. Welsh Government officials are currently working with supermarkets to enhance Covid safety measures and RNIB (The Royal National Institute of Blind People) has been contacted by members who are worried about how the changes will affect them. Speaking during yesterday’s Business Statement in the Welsh Parliament, Mr Isherwood highlighted their concerns and called for a Welsh Government Statement on the matter. He said: “Proposed measures include systems to manage the number of customers in-store, more visible signage and hygiene stations and increased social distancing markers.
NORTH Wales MS and Shadow Local Government and Communities Minister, Mark Isherwood, has reiterated calls for the Welsh Government to commit to giving policing some priority in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout. In the Welsh Parliament last week, Mr Isherwood called for Police to be prioritised for the Covid vaccine. Since then he has again been contacted by the North Wales Police Federation, who are concerned that hospital secretaries and social workers working from home are receiving the vaccine ahead of frontline police officers. He has also been contacted by a frontline North Wales Police Officer who has emphasised the need for Police Officers to be quickly protected.