{"id":29749,"date":"2018-02-22T15:29:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=29749"},"modified":"2018-02-22T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T15:29:18","slug":"mid-west-wales-deprived-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/mid-west-wales-deprived-investment","title":{"rendered":"Mid-West Wales deprived of investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Figures have shown that there is an investment gap in Wales which could result in long-term consequences in term of infrastructures and economy.<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30017\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30017\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/2263727372_dd58e72806_o-1-625x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"391\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30017\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/2263727372_dd58e72806_o-1-625x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"391\" \/><\/noscript> Investments are mostly centred around Cardiff and South Wales.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A lack of investment outside of Cardiff and Newport suggests the Welsh government is neglecting other parts of the country, according to the head of a political think tank.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recent figures have shown that South\u00a0<\/span>East Wales\u00a0 (Newport, Caerphilly), receives three times more funding (\u00a3380.77 per head), from the Welsh government than regions such as Mid and West Wales ( \u00a3102.63 per head).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think that the long term consequences of unequal infrastructure spending in different parts of Wales would be the danger that Wales could end up with an economy that is far too reliant on Cardiff and the immediate surrounding areas,&#8221;\u00a0says Callum Sloper, the co-founder of Forge Wales, an organisation aiming to raise awareness on national issues, &#8220;Regions outside of the South would likely see less opportunity in terms of jobs and investment as Wales becomes a Cardiff-centric country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The disparities in spending also appear to correlate with party constituencies, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assembly.wales\/research%20documents\/16-30-2016%20assembly%20election%20results\/16-030-web-english.pdf\">Labour areas<\/a> generally receive more investment than Conservative areas. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wrecsamplaid.blogspot.co.uk\/\">Over the previous years<\/a>, Labour\u2019s South\u00a0<\/span>East Wales gained \u00a3143,97 per head in funding while Conservative and other parties\u2019 Mid and West Wales, lost \u00a314.08 per head.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30196\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30196 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/new-piktochart_28179956-625x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"636\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30196 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/new-piktochart_28179956-625x636.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"636\" \/><\/noscript> There is a tremendous gap between mid-West Wales and South Wales.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Welsh Labour government is falling into the same trap as the English economy,\u201d says Mr Sloper &#8220;They are trying to put everything into south Wales, the region around Cardiff and Newport, and almost forgetting about most of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Mr Sloper, the best thing to do about it would be to bridge the gap of that disparity by dividing the spending equally, \u201cIt is not about spending a lot more but it would be ideal to balance the investments.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The regional spending budget is now estimated up to \u00a3618 million and the average per head, considering the population in Wales, would suggest that each region should receive approximately \u00a3199.98 per head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Plaid Assembly is calling for Regional Renewal Bill, which would ensure that investments will benefit all parts of Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTo find a work people would go to Cardiff or Newport and not potentially West Wales which undoubtedly has great potential.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0It\u2019s going to create more disparities in the long term,\u201d said Mr Sloper, of Forge Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of the consequences of these spending differences are already apparent in some parts of the country. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Sloper, the North is definitely in need of roads, as getting up there is proved to be difficult, \u201cYou have to go off the road. 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