02/03/2014 BBC Wales Today

Good evening. It's been claimed the number of

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

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

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

BBC poll suggests 45% year have been affected. Meanwhile a

voters want the UK government to be tougher on benefit claimants. Our

political reporter Daniel Davies has more.

Welfare reform has sparked heated debate among politicians. So what do

Welsh voters think? Our St David's Day poll found 45% thought the UK

government was not being tough enough and more should be done to

force benefit claimants into work. Welsh voters think? Our St David's

Day poll found 45% thought the 27% said the Government was being too

tough, saying most claimants would work if they could. And 22% said the

current policy was about right. On the streets of Bridgend today,

there were strong views. You feel pressure because there is the idea

that you are scum and not everybody is. There are people doing at but

there are people like myself also. I work for a homeless charity and see

people who really, really need that money and they cannot get it. Other

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

we get into work the better. It will bring more jobs to this area and

that would be better. I definitely think people should not be given

anything so easily. Give us a fair deal on unemployment and effort and

the benefits system because I would like to see a government minister

goal one month on implement benefit and see how they like it.

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

make up the Westminster coalition government. Not just among

conservative supporters but even among supporters of the Labour Party

and supporters of Plaid Cymru, quite a lot of endorsement for policies on

benefit and people suggesting that cutbacks or measures against those

claiming benefits should be taken further.

Supporters of the coalition say Wales needs welfare reform as badly

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

that have been trapped in the welfare system but because of the

waiters structured it is nigh on impossible for them to take the risk

of taking on work to be able to get out of that system because work will

not pay for them. And what people want is a fairer system that looks

after people but need help Including pensions, more than ?9 billion a

year are spent on benefits in Wales. To stop Chancellor George Osborne

says more cuts are needed. It'll be his turn to ask your

opinion at the general election next year.

Two of Wales' four police and crime commissioners have taken opposing

views on whether policing powers should be devolved. The Silk

Commission is expected to call for the Welsh government to take over

responsibility in a report tomorrow. North Wales'

responsibility in a report tomorrow. Rodick says the move is necessary

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

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

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

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

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

other vehicles are thought to be involved.

Today's football now. And as Match of the Day follows our bulletin, if

you want to avoid the results leave the room now.

A Jonathan De Guzman goal gave the Swans a lead at half time.

A Jonathan De Guzman goal gave the Swans a But Crystal Palace scored an

equaliser in the 82nd minute for a 1-1 draw.

And Cardiff lost by a goal to nil to Tottenham at White hart lane. They

have now lost their last seven games away from home.

have now lost their last seven games Snooker. And World Champion Ronnie

O'Sullivan made a maximum 147 break in the final frame of the match to

win the Welsh Open in Newport. After a dominant first session, he beat

China's Ding Jungwee 9-3 to win the championship and ?72,000.

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

With the details, here's Sara Thornton. Good evening. We have some

heavier showers to come tomorrow. In fact, we will also be watching out

for the risk of ice in the North tomorrow morning. We have a Met

Office weather warning in force in the South because of the showers

that are going to just keep going through the day tomorrow. Not dying

away until the afternoon and over higher ground, some temporary snow

above 300 metres. Eventually they die away. Some

above 300 metres. Eventually they developing. This week, the

temperatures are on the rise. That's Wales Today. We'll have

updates from 6:25am tomorrow morning in Breakfast. Thanks for watching.

Good night. Good evening. After all of the rain

today, a chilly night on the way. Cold enough for some ice across

parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland and all the way down as far south as

Wales and parts of the Midlands too. This is the thrust of the rain.

The skies clear and there's the