Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 1 February 2017.
Thank you, and I look forward to that statement, because I think many people in the sector want to know exactly how any new scheme can be effective in targeting poverty. Many of the people I’ve talked to in the last few weeks have said that it’s about the economy and boosting the job market for the less well-off: for example, more jobs closer to disadvantaged areas, action to improve terms and conditions—for example, a living wage—and strategies to improve low-paid sectors, e.g. social care and tourism. Are these things that you are considering as key elements of any new programme, because, of course, many of the Communities First projects have been well run and effective, but many, we would say, haven’t achieved those aims of eradicating or tackling poverty in their respective areas?