Poverty

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Social Justice – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 7 December 2022.

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Photo of Peredur Owen Griffiths Peredur Owen Griffiths Plaid Cymru 1:33, 7 December 2022

It's been five years since the decision to close Communities First was taken. It was the Government's anti-poverty strategy and it hasn't been replaced. Since then, levels of poverty have increased and they will get much worse due to the cost-of-living crisis, which is becoming a full-blown emergency. Why doesn't Wales have a specific anti-poverty strategy, Minister, and do you agree that we need one now more than ever?