Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:20 pm on 14 December 2016.
The Member is right to raise the issue of Communities First, as many others do in this Chamber. I have said often that there are many good programmes within the Communities First clusters, but the reality is, as we discussed yesterday in the debate around child poverty, the very stubborn effects of poverty are very hard to move into a different space. We have to take a very new approach to the way that we manage and support resilient communities. I’m grateful for the Member’s comments. I haven’t made a decision yet on Communities First, but I will keep her and other colleagues posted as I make those deliberations in the early new year.