Senedd Election 2021 result for Caerphilly
Labour has held the seat since 1999
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The votes in Caerphilly are now being counted and we ll bring you the result here as soon as we have it.
We are expecting the announcement about who is the new Member of the Senedd on Friday afternoon.
Voting did not take place overnight as usually happens, but starts on Friday morning. Constituency results will come first, followed by regional ones.
Mr Price added: “Plaid Cymru has a plan that will transform our country. We have a plan that will transform the economy, creating quality jobs in every community – ending youth unemployment, ending child hunger, ending homelessness and poverty pay. “For many years, relatively low unemployment figures have hidden one of Wales’s worst economic problems – poverty pay. Welsh workers are still earning roughly £50 less per week than their counterparts in England and Scotland.
Adam Price in Ystrad Mynach. Picture: Huw Evans Picture Agency
Adam Price in Ystrad Mynach. Picture: Huw Evans Picture Agency “This is the woeful economic legacy of 22 years of Labour at the helm who have categorically failed to deliver high-skilled, well-paid jobs in all parts of Wales.
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She said: “It’s been a very confusing year, it’s been a very difficult year.” Ms Hanson said that some staff are still frightened about going to school and there had been so many changes. “There’s not one aspect of my job that is not changing, curriculum, assessment, accountability frameworks, the job descriptions of school leaders, ALN bill, that has huge implication,” she said. “It needs funding.”
What did the candidates say in their opening statements? Almost all the candidates mentioned the need for increased funding, in particular to support ALN teaching. Conservative Party candidate Steven Mayfield was the first to set out his views on education.
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