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Good evening. It's been claimed the number of | :00:12. | :00:15. | |
people in Wales whose job-seeker's Allowance has been stopped has more | :00:16. | :00:18. | |
than tripled over the past ten years. A Glasgow University academic | :00:19. | :00:22. | |
claims more than 40,000 people a year have been affected. Meanwhile, | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
a BBC poll suggests 45% of Welsh voters want the UK government to be | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
tougher on benefit claimants. Our political reporter Daniel Davies has | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
more. Welfare reform has sparked heated | :00:38. | :00:41. | |
debate among politicians. So what do Welsh voters think? Our St David's | :00:42. | :00:44. | |
Day poll found 45% thought the UK government was not being tough | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
enough and more should be done to force benefit claimants into work. | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
27% said the Government was being too tough, saying most claimants | :00:54. | :00:54. | |
would work if they could. force benefit claimants into work. | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
27% said the Government was And 22% said the current policy was about | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
right. On the streets of Bridgend today, | :01:01. | :01:02. | |
there were strong views. right. | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
On the streets You do feel pressured because you have that label on you | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
that you are scum and milking the system and not everybody is. There | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
are people doing that but there are people like myself as well. I work | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
for a homeless charity and see people who need the money and cannot | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
get it. Other people seem to be able to get it without even trying. The | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
more people who can get back into work, the better. It would bring | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
more jobs to this area and would be better. People should not be given | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
benefits so easily. Give us a fair deal on and implement benefit and | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
the benefit systems because I would like to see a government is dumb | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
administered call one month and see how they like it. -- government | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
minister go on benefit for one month. | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
And support for welfare reform isn't confined to the two parties that | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
make up the Westminster coalition government. Supporters of the Labour | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
Party and Plaid Cymru, quite a lot of endorsement for government policy | :02:05. | :02:12. | |
on welfare benefits and even some people suggesting that cutbacks or | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
measures against those claiming benefits should be taken further. | :02:16. | :02:17. | |
Supporters of the coalition say Wales needs welfare reform as badly | :02:18. | :02:24. | |
as anywhere in the UK. We have seen generations of families that have | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
been trapped in a welfare system that because of the way to structure | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
it is nigh on impossible for them to take the risk of taking on work, to | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
be able to get out of that system because work will not pay for them | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
and people want a very system that looks after people but need help. | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
Including pensions, more than ?9 billion a year are spent on benefits | :02:42. | :02:44. | |
in Wales. Chancellor George Osborne says more cuts are needed. | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
It'll be his turn to ask your opinion at the general election next | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
year. Two of Wales' four police and crime | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
commissioners have taken opposing views on whether policing powers | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
should be devolved. The Silk Commission is expected to call for | :02:59. | :03:01. | |
the Welsh government to take over responsibility in a report tomorrow. | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
North Wales Commissioner Winston Rodick says the move is necessary | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
unless there are good operational reasons against it. But Dyfed-Powys' | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
Commissioner Christopher Salmon says it will do nothing to cut crime. | :03:14. | :03:20. | |
A man has died after an off-road vehicle toppled down a hill in | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
Flintshire. The incident, involving a Land Rover, happened at Moel Llys | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
y Coed, near Mold, early this morning. North Wales Police say no | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
other vehicles are thought to be involved. | :03:31. | :03:40. | |
Cardiff City and Swansea City have been in action this afternoon. This | :03:41. | :03:48. | |
1's got a lead at half time but Crystal Palace scored an equaliser | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
in the 82nd needed -- 82nd minute to level the game. It has just entered | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
injury time. Cardiff lost to Tottenham and have now lost their | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
last seven games away from home. Snooker. And in the final of the | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
Welsh Open in Newport, world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
opened up a big lead. He's beating China's Ding Jung-wee by 7-1 and | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
needs only two more frames to win. Play resumes at seven. -- 7pm. | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
Rugby. And The Scarlets beat Pro 12 leaders Munster by 18-13 at Parc Y | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
Scarlets last night. In a hard fought match, a try a piece from | :04:22. | :04:24. | |
Gareth Davies and John Barclay denied the Irish region an | :04:25. | :04:26. | |
unprecedented clean sweep of victories over the four Welsh | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
regions. It also keeps the Scarlets slim play-off hopes alive. | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
A new world record was set in Bala on St David's Day, with the largest | :04:35. | :04:38. | |
Welsh cake ever being baked by a group of local volunteers. Weighing | :04:39. | :04:41. | |
close to 50 pounds and measuring five feet in width, the colossal | :04:42. | :04:45. | |
cake secured the first ever Guinness World Record title for the Town. | :04:46. | :04:51. | |
Let's take a look at the weather forecast for Wales. With the | :04:52. | :04:54. | |
details, here's Sara Thornton. Good evening. We have had a belt of | :04:55. | :05:04. | |
heavy rain throughout the day. Still clearing the way but some heavy | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
showers which will persist through tomorrow and also we will be | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
watching out for an icy start. We will have some drier weather for a | :05:12. | :05:14. | |
time throughout tonight before the showers really start to get going by | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
breakfast time into the south of winds. Yes, it could be wintry over | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
higher ground. We are more concerned about the ice in the North. We have | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
a Met Office warning for the rain in the south of Wales. We have a risk | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
towards the North for ice but the showers keep going throughout the | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
afternoon and eventually buying out. Over higher ground, they could be | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
wintry. Seven Celsius typically tomorrow. The chilly night into the | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
starting things on Tuesday. Temperatures on the rise in the | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
middle part of the week. That's all from us now. We'll be | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
back with our late update tonight at around 10:15. Hope you can join us | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
then. Thanks watching. Goodbye. will be back. | :05:59. | :06:09. | |
Good evening. The chances are, you are enjoying your evening on a nice | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
warm sofa while it rains outside. Pretty heavy rain in parts | :06:16. | :06:16. |