{"id":39195,"date":"2020-01-28T15:26:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=39195"},"modified":"2020-01-28T15:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:26:17","slug":"child-poverty-is-a-stain-on-all-of-us-says-plaid-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/01\/28\/child-poverty-is-a-stain-on-all-of-us-says-plaid-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Child poverty &#039;is a stain on all of us&#039;, says Plaid leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Party&#8217;s plan for post-Brexit Wales would help &#8216;supercharged Senedd&#8217; tackle inequality<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Adam-Price-top-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Adam Price, leader of Plaid Cymru. <\/strong>Image: Edd Church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>MORE devolution and greater tax powers would allow post-Brexit Wales to end child poverty and \u201crestore faith in politics\u201d, says Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Price, who spoke at Plaid\u2019s Beyond Brexit event on Monday, announced his party\u2019s proposals for Wales ahead of the UK\u2019s departure from the EU on Friday, January 31. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Having led the party on a pro-EU platform since taking charge in 2018, Mr Price announced Plaid Cymru would not \u201cbemoan Brexit&#8221;, but would focus on getting a fair deal for Wales. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>He also said the Welsh Government should campaign for a \u201csupercharged Senedd\u201d with more devolved powers over income tax, corporation tax, and borrowing.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis speech is not a conversion to euro-skepticism.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adamprice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Adamprice<\/a> begins talking about his  historic pro-EU stance <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeyondBrexit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeyondBrexit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/62BUrngEDT\">pic.twitter.com\/62BUrngEDT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Cardiffian (@cardiffian_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffian_news\/status\/1221774604781457408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u201cCardiff is the capital city and, in some ways, economically\ndoes better than some parts of the UK,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut I can take you less than a mile from where we\u2019re\nstanding to Butetown where 46% of its children live in poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe may see one side of Cardiff, a relatively affluent city,\nbut it has some of the worst pockets of poverty in all of Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur proposals would have a transformational effect: moving away from council tax and business rates and towards a single property tax. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Adam Price announces Plaid Cymru&#039;s post-Brexit proposals\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VgIila2Hn5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Adam Price announces Plaid Cymru&#039;s post-Brexit proposals\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VgIila2Hn5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption><strong>Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price on his vision for post-Brexit Wales. <\/strong>Video: Edd Church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This would let us cut income tax by 3 percentage points, increase spending on schools and colleges by \u00a3300m a year, and implementing a Welsh child payment of \u00a335 per week.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<p> In his keynote speech he said the proposals would let Wales &#8220;rid ourselves of the great stain on all of us which is so many children living in poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.endchildpoverty.org.uk\/poverty-in-your-area-2019\/\">An End Child Poverty Now study in 2019 <\/a>found child poverty was increasing in Wales each year, with around 46% of children in Butetown and Grangetown living in poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Welsh Government recently announced its \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/gov.wales\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/2019-06\/child-poverty-strategy-for-wales-easy-read-version.pdf\">Child Poverty Strategy for Wales<\/a>\u2019, and said the numbers were \u201ctoo high\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>A review into current measures is due to report to the Welsh\nGovernment at the end of March. <\/p>\n\n\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/sc7OM\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"568\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/sc7OM\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"568\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>!function(){&#8220;use strict&#8221;;window.addEventListener(&#8220;message&#8221;,(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[&#8220;datawrapper-height&#8221;])for(var e in a.data[&#8220;datawrapper-height&#8221;]){var t=document.getElementById(&#8220;datawrapper-chart-&#8220;+e)||document.querySelector(&#8220;iframe[src*='&#8221;+e+&#8221;&#8216;]&#8221;);t&amp;&amp;(t.style.height=a.data[&#8220;datawrapper-height&#8221;][e]+&#8221;px&#8221;)}}))}();\n\n\n\n<p>Cheryl Martin, development officer for charity Children in\nWales, said: \u201cOne of the things which has the biggest impact on child poverty\nis welfare reform: universal credit is having a huge effect. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Welsh Government can\u2019t do anything about that as it isn\u2019t devolved. They have a number of programmes aimed at alleviating poverty, but I think there are areas where things could be improved. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey used to have a minister for dealing with child poverty, but that went away and Welsh Government stopped talking about poverty and focused on \u2018prosperity\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the current First Minister came in, he started talking about poverty again though \u2013 which we are very pleased about. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cMore devolved powers definitely would help. Scotland have\nfar more control over benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something which the Welsh Government may consider in the future, and something which Plaid Cymru and others within the Assembly have been calling for too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Price said more \u201ceconomic levers\u201d from further devolution would shield Wales from any negative effects Brexit may have.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the political context we would have chosen \u2013 but\nit\u2019s happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Pierhead.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Pierhead.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/Pierhead-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>&#8216;Beyond Brexit&#8217; was held at the Pierhead Building, Cardiff. <\/strong>Image: Edd Church.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnless we have a breakthrough moment people will start to\nlose faith in our devolved parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve had 20 years of a Labour government which despite good\nintentions hasn\u2019t delivered, in some ways, on the great aspirations set out at\nthe beginning of devolution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Welsh Government declined to comment on Mr Price\u2019s\nclaims. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Ahead of a meeting with the UK government and other devolved parliaments on Tuesday, 28 January, First Minister Mark Drakeford said: \u201cWales must be fully involved in this next stage of negotiations to speak up for Welsh jobs, businesses and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis meeting is a chance for UK Government to show its commitment to the UK as a whole and bring forward proposals to involve devolved administrations in the negotiations ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Party&#8217;s plan for post-Brexit Wales would help &#8216;supercharged Senedd&#8217; tackle inequality MORE devolution and greater tax powers would allow post-Brexit Wales to end child poverty and \u201crestore faith in politics\u201d, says Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price. 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