02/03/2014 BBC Wales Today


02/03/2014

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Good evening. It's been claimed the number of

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people in Wales whose job-seeker's Allowance has been stopped has more

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than tripled over the past ten years. A Glasgow University academic

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claims more than 40,000 people a year have been affected. Meanwhile,

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a BBC poll suggests 45% of Welsh voters want the UK government to be

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tougher on benefit claimants. Our political reporter Daniel Davies has

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more. Welfare reform has sparked heated

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debate among politicians. So what do Welsh voters think? Our St David's

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Day poll found 45% thought the UK government was not being tough

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enough and more should be done to force benefit claimants into work.

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27% said the Government was being too tough, saying most claimants

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would work if they could. force benefit claimants into work.

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27% said the Government was And 22% said the current policy was about

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right. On the streets of Bridgend today,

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there were strong views. right.

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On the streets You do feel pressured because you have that label on you

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that you are scum and milking the system and not everybody is. There

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are people doing that but there are people like myself as well. I work

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for a homeless charity and see people who need the money and cannot

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get it. Other people seem to be able to get it without even trying. The

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more people who can get back into work, the better. It would bring

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more jobs to this area and would be better. People should not be given

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benefits so easily. Give us a fair deal on and implement benefit and

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the benefit systems because I would like to see a government is dumb

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administered call one month and see how they like it. -- government

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minister go on benefit for one month.

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And support for welfare reform isn't confined to the two parties that

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make up the Westminster coalition government. Supporters of the Labour

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Party and Plaid Cymru, quite a lot of endorsement for government policy

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on welfare benefits and even some people suggesting that cutbacks or

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measures against those claiming benefits should be taken further.

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Supporters of the coalition say Wales needs welfare reform as badly

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as anywhere in the UK. We have seen generations of families that have

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been trapped in a welfare system that because of the way to structure

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it is nigh on impossible for them to take the risk of taking on work, to

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be able to get out of that system because work will not pay for them

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and people want a very system that looks after people but need help.

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Including pensions, more than ?9 billion a year are spent on benefits

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in Wales. Chancellor George Osborne says more cuts are needed.

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It'll be his turn to ask your opinion at the general election next

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year. Two of Wales' four police and crime

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commissioners have taken opposing views on whether policing powers

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should be devolved. The Silk Commission is expected to call for

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the Welsh government to take over responsibility in a report tomorrow.

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North Wales Commissioner Winston Rodick says the move is necessary

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unless there are good operational reasons against it. But Dyfed-Powys'

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Commissioner Christopher Salmon says it will do nothing to cut crime.

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A man has died after an off-road vehicle toppled down a hill in

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Flintshire. The incident, involving a Land Rover, happened at Moel Llys

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y Coed, near Mold, early this morning. North Wales Police say no

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other vehicles are thought to be involved.

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Cardiff City and Swansea City have been in action this afternoon. This

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1's got a lead at half time but Crystal Palace scored an equaliser

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in the 82nd needed -- 82nd minute to level the game. It has just entered

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injury time. Cardiff lost to Tottenham and have now lost their

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last seven games away from home. Snooker. And in the final of the

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Welsh Open in Newport, world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has

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opened up a big lead. He's beating China's Ding Jung-wee by 7-1 and

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needs only two more frames to win. Play resumes at seven. -- 7pm.

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Rugby. And The Scarlets beat Pro 12 leaders Munster by 18-13 at Parc Y

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Scarlets last night. In a hard fought match, a try a piece from

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Gareth Davies and John Barclay denied the Irish region an

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unprecedented clean sweep of victories over the four Welsh

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regions. It also keeps the Scarlets slim play-off hopes alive.

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A new world record was set in Bala on St David's Day, with the largest

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Welsh cake ever being baked by a group of local volunteers. Weighing

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close to 50 pounds and measuring five feet in width, the colossal

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cake secured the first ever Guinness World Record title for the Town.

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Let's take a look at the weather forecast for Wales. With the

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details, here's Sara Thornton. Good evening. We have had a belt of

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heavy rain throughout the day. Still clearing the way but some heavy

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showers which will persist through tomorrow and also we will be

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watching out for an icy start. We will have some drier weather for a

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time throughout tonight before the showers really start to get going by

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breakfast time into the south of winds. Yes, it could be wintry over

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higher ground. We are more concerned about the ice in the North. We have

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a Met Office warning for the rain in the south of Wales. We have a risk

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towards the North for ice but the showers keep going throughout the

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afternoon and eventually buying out. Over higher ground, they could be

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wintry. Seven Celsius typically tomorrow. The chilly night into the

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starting things on Tuesday. Temperatures on the rise in the

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middle part of the week. That's all from us now. We'll be

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back with our late update tonight at around 10:15. Hope you can join us

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then. Thanks watching. Goodbye. will be back.

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Good evening. The chances are, you are enjoying your evening on a nice

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warm sofa while it rains outside. Pretty heavy rain in parts

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