Inequality

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 20 June 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:25, 20 June 2018

We've worked very hard with the council, actually, in a number of areas, to make sure that they have a good plan in place to address social inequality across the city. One of the big issues for everyone is the employability of some of the areas of Swansea. We do still have, across Wales, small pockets of high unemployment and some parts of my own constituency, Llywydd, are affected by that, and obviously Suzy Davies's region. Our employability plan is specifically designed to assist people who find themselves in those circumstances to get not just work but well-paid work to lift them out of the poverty that we know affects many of their lives. We're working very hard with Swansea and the city deal in general to make sure that those moneys are well spent.