27/06/2016 BBC Wales Today

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Government meets to thrash out our response to Brexit -

securing funds for farming and deprived communities

Labour at Westminster is plunged into turmoil.

The big names in Welsh Labour resign from Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet.

I am really worried that if there is an early general election, which

seems probable at the moment, we will face wipe-out under Jeremy

Corbyn. The party that I and believe in feels to me that it is ripping

itself asunder. -- that I love and believe in.

the story of the Europeans who live and work here.

Captain Ashley Williams will be fit to start for Wales

They'll be up against Belgium, and Chris Coleman says Wales

deserve their place alongside Europe's football elite.

I am not sitting here pinching myself thinking how nice that

happened? It has happened because they are good enough to beat. -- we

are good enough to be here. It was the first day back

at work after Brexit. In a noisy House of Commons,

the Prime Minister, David Cameron, insisted Wales would have a say

in the UK's negotiations While in Cardiff -

behind closed doors - the First Minister and his cabinet

thrashed out what Wales needs to get Cardiff Bay says their priority

is replacement funding for Wales' farmers and most deprived

communities - currently fresh calls for Wales

to become independent. Live to our Political

Editor, Nick Servini. I think during the course of the

weekend people have had the opportunity to digester that result

and it is still raw. There is a relation and extreme disappointment

on both sides. And deep divisions, frankly. But despite the strength of

feeling, I think also a sense today of the nitty-gritty, the procedural

work and all the activity that will go on behind the scenes to prepare a

Wales, and the UK, to leave the EU. As the drama is still unfolding at

Westminster after the break that Ford, an attempt of sorts is being

made by the Prime Minister to set out a plan to negotiate the UK's

withdrawal. -- after the break that full. The big decisions will be

taken by the new pro Minister, whoever that is, but in the

meantime, a team of civil servants will prepare the ground. We must

ensure that the interests of all part of our United Kingdom are

protected and advanced so as we prepare for a new negotiation with

the European Union, we will delay on both the Scottish, Welsh and

Northern Ireland government. This lunchtime, the Welsh government's

Cabinet met for the first time since the result. The priority was the

replacement of the ?500 million bills receives every year from the

EU for farming and projects in deprived communities. -- this Wales.

The UK government has insisted that it would match those funds thanks to

the money it would saved after tonight. The Welsh Government says

any delay to do that would be devastating. Cameron Jones may not

like this result but he must accept it because that is what the people

of Wales wanted. And now the Cabinet here will want to have as much of a

say as possible, including a final say on the financial deal on offer.

At this stage, we have no idea how realistic that is, but they are

getting their bidding early. Leave campaigners like the former Welsh

Secretary Dave Jones the The Gers of an exit should not be left alone to

the Welsh Government, which campaigned to remain. They say they

are more in tune with the wishes of the Welsh public and should now have

a say by becoming members of a committee to advise ministers in

Cardiff. And Plaid Cymru have reacted by deciding to put

independence at the forefront of their campaigning, after it had been

in the background for a number of years, because of the game changing

nature of the result. Whilst we have been a very sensible and pragmatic

about the question of independence, that is something now that we need

to put on the table, we need to ensure that there is a union of

independent nations within the UK. Wales may have voted to leave but

there is still and among some. These young protesters held a

demonstration against the decision. Some feels let -- some feel let down

by older voters more likely to. We are seeing their Basra Brendon Ford

does not represent the interests of young people. -- we are saying that

this referendum vote. It does not represent our future. Who knows what

would have happened if 16-year-olds and 17-year-old had the vote. There

are so many people are age who want to stay in the EU. Like many people,

Welsh ministers now have a huge job ahead and one of the biggest tasks

is unifying people after such a divisive period.

Nick, the reverberations of the referendum go on day

after day at Westminster - and obviously there.

That is right. A sense of change today. Let's start with Plaid Cymru.

This paperback that the voting pattern in Wales almost exactly

mirrored that in England in the referendum, it is noteworthy that

Plaid Cymru and their leader are going to put independence front and

central in their campaigning in a way they have not done for years. It

is not worthy that leave campaigners feel they should have a say, and I

think prominently campaigners like Andrew Davis, and Ukip, will deal

them both and as a result of what we have seen any referendum. And

finally, in terms of the Welsh Government, a sense of all the work

that is a hit of them dashed disentangling the EU money that has

weaved its way through a huge amount of EU projects that the advance of

the Buddha not suppose anyone said it was going to be easy.

The question of course is whether it will be worth it. Nick, in Cardiff

Bay, thank you. So - the Welsh Government

says its top priority in negotiations to leave

the European Union is to ensure that Wales'

farmers and most deprived communities get the same level

of cash from Westminster as they're currently getting

from the EU. So how much is that,

and what exactly has Our Economics Correspondent,

Sarah Dickins, has the details. Between 2007 and 2013,

the EU gave Wales ?1.8 billion in structural funds to help create

jobs and make the economy stronger. The money went to a wide range

of projects across Wales. ?85 million was spent

on apprenticeships and training - as well as millions

on Jobs Growth Wales - Our universities have

been given money for ?40 million went towards Swansea

University's new Bay Campus. And researchers - like those

at the Beacon Project in Aberystwyth which develops low carbon industry -

was given ?9 million. And there was also cash

for regeneration - both for big projects

like the dualling of the Heads of the Valleys Road -

it had ?79 million - and there was ?80 million to improve

town centres up and down Wales. Now, the Welsh Government is keen

that somehow this funding continues, because it says many thousands

of people have been helped into work and nearly 37,000 new jobs

were created during There's also been a significant

injection of cash into the rural economy -

?190 million went directly to farmers last year

to produce food. The way I look at it, it will be

short-term pain for long-term gain. Over the next two years, we are

going to have to live without subsidies, or dramatically reduced

subsidies, but by leaving the European Union now we can now have

our own subsidies put in place, our own agricultural policies, which

will help new entrants into the sector and also help efficiency.

Welsh firms have allowed on subsidy from the European Union over the

last 40 years, and that has been important. -- Welsh farmers. The

statistics show that without the subsidy is a lot of Welsh farms

would not be making any money at all.

Millions more has been spent to support the rural economy.

During the referendum, Leave campaigners said that Wales' special

The First Minister says that if that does not happen

it will have a devastating effect on the Welsh Governments budget.

Until a team is formed to negotiate the UK's withdrawal from the EU,

the job of representing Wales's interests in the present UK

Government falls to the Secretary of State for Wales, Alun Cairns.

He campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU.

This morning, he was at Downing Street at the Prime Minister's first

A few moments ago, I asked him what the mood was like.

There are lots of uncertainties but I was clearly making the point

that we need to resolve how the successor to some

And as a result, the Prime Minister set up a specialist unit.

I plan to play my full part in the specialist unit and,

of course, I will be involving the Welsh Government.

I shared platforms with Labour candidates and with other

Assembly Members and numbers of Parliament.

But I do regret that Wales voted to leave.

But, as a politician, we have to deal with

You said you will be a strong voice for Wales during the

-- You said you will be a strong voice for Wales

This morning, the oints that I made were accepted.

We do recognise that this is a way in which the UK government needs

to be supporting those that have benefited from European

If you were a farmer in Wales or someone in the community

which received the EU funding, how confident should you be that

Westminster will now make up the shortfall?

Well, these are some of the uncertainties on some

of the points that I was making in the cabinet meeting this morning

and this specialist unit will of course look at that.

It will be up to the new Prime Minister to finesse

They will be in place within a couple of months' time or so.

But in the interim I have started the work.

I am already briefing businesses, colleges, authorities

and universities and I have already written to the NFU and the FUW.

I want to get their views on how they want the new policy

This is an opportunity to ensure that Wales gets its fair

share and I have started that work already.

Alun Cairns talking to me a little earlier.

So, a day of utter turmoil for Labour at Westminster,

with the Shadow Welsh Secretary, Nia Griffith, and her entire team

among those to resign from Jeremy Corbyn's cabinet

over his handling of the EU referendum,

and concern about the party's electoral hopes.

Gone too Chris Bryant, who was the Shadow Leader of

the House and MP for the Rhondda, and Owen Smith, formerly

the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,

He warned the Labour Party was in danger of splitting.

Our Parliamentary Correspondent, David Cornock,

Another day of high political drama here at Westminster. The world's

media have descended and turned this patch of grass opposite Parliament

into a sort of political Glastonbury, with tents and mad and

politicians and the expected it would be the Conservatives who took

centre stage after that Brexit thought but Labour's on turmoil

today means the story has changed here. No fewer than eight Welsh

Labour MPs have quit Jeremy Corbyn's top team. He tonight is clinging

onto his job. He faces a board of no confidence from his own MPs

tomorrow, and a leadership challenge could well follow.

A bruising 24 hours for Welsh Labour at Westminster.

Since Chris Bryant resigned as shadow leader of the

house last night in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, several

of his colleagues have followed suit.

Of course we like the straight talking and the honest

politics, but I think we realise that to be a leader in today's

modern world, perhaps you need other qualities

have to be a little bit more aware of what those qualities are as well.

I am not standing as a candidate with a guy who is happy to walk

around with a megaphone and say a few sound bites,

even if he is a man of strong principles, because people

Last week's vote to leave the European Union was the trigger for

The referendum campaign, Jeremy did not offer an ambiguous

So much so that even on polling day, some people

were asking me how Jeremy was going to vote and,

I even asked him how he was going to vote and he has

that civil war could have consequences.

The Labour Party is splitting and I feel that neither side

right now has a handle on just how grave that crisis is, and how

truly dreadful it will be if the Labour Party breaks.

And I fear that on both sides there is just a

The Labour crisis will not stop the bingo at this workman's club.

The local MP was among those Labour frontbenchers who resigned today.

Jeremy Corbyn can still count on some support

but even in this Labour heartland, there are mixed opinions.

should know better, because 65% of the Labour Party boarded to put him

Jeremy Corbyn wants to come back into the 21st-century.

He is still in the 1970s to stop he hasn't grown

Mr Corbyn says he is going nowhere, but MPs are already

The future is uncertain, but there is

one phrase you are unlikely to hear at the bingo any time soon -

David, let's not forget, there's not only a battle

for the Labour leadership going - but to be the next

Absolutely. We have learned today that the next pro Minister will be

chosen by the beginning of September and that race kicks off next week.

Nominations open on Wednesday and close on Thursday. Nobody has so

clear get. We all know Boris Johnson will be standing but there is also

Welsh interest as well. The MP for temperature, Stephen Crabb, coming

to say this morning. What I want to see over the next few days if the

candidate emerge to understand the enormity of the situation we are in,

who has got a clear plan to deliver on the expectations of the 17

million people who voted for Britain to come out of Europe last week. Who

has got a clear plan for putting together a team who can really tough

negotiation in Brussels. But who has also got a plan for holding this

United Kingdom together. And that means, yes, going and working with

Nicola Sturgeon and holding onto the union, as this is not just about

party unity, it is about national unity. Stephen Crabb sitting at the

job description for the new pro Minister, he did not say whether he

had anybody in mind. But it did sound possible that perhaps somebody

born in Scotland, raised in Wales might get the job entirely. We

should find out later this week. Most MPs think he will run.

There are still many unanswered questions for all of us

about Brexit, its consequences and opportunities -

not least for EU migrants living here.

What's their status in a Wales that's left the European Union?

Those questions will be answered in time, but, right now,

some are concerned by anecdotal reports

of an increase in racist abuse since the leave vote

A multicultural melting pot of races and religions from around the world

is now a reality for parts of many of our cities here in Wales. The EU

referendum offered voters the chance to take back control. Control of our

borders and immigration was central to the league campaign. Now it seems

they leave victory is killing a rise in racist behaviour against all

immigrants. Even here in Cardiff, one of five local authorities across

bill that ordered to remain in the EU, there has been a followed from

the leave result. Even here in this cosmopolitan capital city, there are

anecdotal reports of more racist abuse and the little bit comments. I

was told to get my bags, pack them up and go home. When this woman

joked that made it to social media to express dismay at the result, the

PR consultant was met with the boroughs of racist replies that she

has reported to police. It has unleashed a Pandora's box of

vitriolic reseed across Wales and the country, and people like myself

are being bombarded. And one Italian restaurant in Cardiff, there are

reports that a waiter was racially abused. Nothing like that has

happened here but the owner is worried that EU tariffs will mean

that food he imports from Italy will be more expensive. All my customers

come the day after the referendum, everybody, and sorry for is going

on. Some of his Italian customers have suffered abuse since the board.

They are telling me to go back home but I have been here for 45 years. I

am more untitled Olympus of it is not very nice way are talking about

it. This Polish shop -- Polish shops are now a familiar scene on many

Welsh high street and some of the EU migrants are upset by the result.

For Monica, who manages the supermarket, she hopes her future

remains in Wales but says the community is faced with uncertainty.

I left here for 12 years and my children were born here. So I just

cannot really see myself... This is my home. I have spent most of my

adult life here. I cannot see myself going back to Poland just because we

have left the year. I hope that is not the case. But the Polish

community in one town has been buoyed by the board. A note put

through their committee centre overnight thanks them for their hard

work. I have not seen anything or anybody who was last year or said

silly things to Polish people are foreign people in general. But back

in Cardiff, racist incidents continue. A local councillor

experienced it personally when he was confronted by a man on the

street at the weekend. He said, "We've ordered leave, when are you

going to leave? This is our country." It was shocking. This is

not the Cardiff I know of was a bit of a beautiful city, multicultural

city. How long have you left your question mark I've ever experienced

anything like this before? 41 years and this is the first have ever come

across something like this. Cardiff Council are being asked to make a

statement calling for a zero tolerance of such incidents and in

North Wales, the Police and Crime Commissioner is calling on his

forced to monitor any rise in hate crime following the referendum

decision. Football - and Wales

are just two games away But standing in their way -

perhaps the toughest task yet - a Quarter Final against in-form

Belgium this Friday. Iwan Griffiths is with the Welsh

Squad in Dinard. And the good news from Dinard

is that the Captain Ashley Williams is set to be fit for that

mammoth game in Lille. The defender injured his shoulder

at the end of the last game But Chris Coleman says he'll be

surprised if Williams The manager has also been reacting

to the news his side will face Belgium, a team ranked

second in the world. They have got the players on the

pitch and on the bench that would grace any international team. But,

you know, I think in the last four years we have had for meetings. They

have won one, we have drawn two, we won the last one. There is nothing

for us to be afraid of. There is no fear. We find ourselves in a great

position. That I am not sitting here pinching myself wondering how it has

happened. It has happened because we are good enough to be here.

Now, Chris Coleman did underline today that Wales would be massive

underdogs come Friday. Especially after seeing Belgium win 4-0 against

Hungary last night. Our football correspondent was watching with me.

Rob, there are a fantastic side? They are, and I think last night was

the noted that Eden Hazard came to the Euro 2016 party. He was the

inspiration, the dynamo, the mainstay of a very impressive

performance. Tactically, how will the manager

approached this game? I think he will more that will not

see too much of the ball. He was saying today that they have got

players on their bench you could get into most international sides. But

he will be heartened by the fact that Belgium have failed to beat

Wales in the last three games. And Ashley Williams set, great news?

I do not think you can underestimate just how important Ashley Williams

as to the squad. He is their leader, he has played every minute of the

qualifier, every minute of this tournament. It is a massive boost

for Wales. Now, we have been here for three

weeks or so a great welcome for other journalists and also the

squad. Chris Coleman is rightly lauded for

some of the tactical decisions he has made in this tournament but a

big decision made was to come here. It is a delicate, we were in Paris,

they were a Labour Leader of the game and then they just come back

year to this lovely, beautiful setting. He has absolutely nailed

the decision and it is spot-on. And hopefully for a little longer!

Thank you very much. Good news of the pitch as well.

As things are going well on the pitch - financially -

this success is also giving the FAW a significant cash boost.

From Paris, Kate Morgan has been looking at the financial effect

It is hard to put a price on it, the years of waiting, arriving on the

main stage then finally some success. And it pays in more ways

than one. Just making it to France earned wealth ?6.4 million. Two

group wins against Slovakia and Russia noted the league bonuses.

Reaching the last 16 is worth ?1.2 million, while putting a spot in the

quarterfinals added another ?2 million taking the total so far to

around ?11.3 million. I know that Jonathan Ford and his team in the

Football Association of 12 are extremely keen to make sure that the

money we get into that, is invested into the grassroots of the game,

developing the game, making sure that every child a wealth have the

great opportunities to play football. If we win on Friday, not

only with the make history but they would win another ?3 million. If

they return to Paris and, dare I say it, when the final, they would get

another 6.4 my house. It is big money but especially when you

consider that the FA W made a profit of ?20,000 last year. Some of the

money, possibly most of the group prize fund, will already have been

spent on the team or Dell, transport must have an players' bonuses. At

this football club, the board also know all about deals. They made to

discuss the next phase of their redevelopment earlier but the

day-to-day running costs are higher so. The administration of clubs,

insurance and all sorts of things, is extremely expensive. Even from

our little club's prospective, administration costs somewhere in

the reach of ?150,000 per year, of which about 10% comes from the

turnstiles. So it is not brain surgery to realise that we need,

desperately, more investment in Welsh community clubs. The long-term

aim for the league will be to make sure that Wales reaches new heights

at every level of the game. The focus for now, however, will be on

the football rather than the finances of the gloom of a final

payday in Paris lives on. Now, Wales will train again

tomorrow. I will keep people stood with everything that happens here in

Brittany over the next few days. It is visible here tonight, let's get

the weather forecast. Thank you very much. A

change in the weather this week. The jet stream is close by, feeding on a

series of weather systems, and that will bring very unsettled

conditions. Showers, along with spells of rain, and it will be windy

at times as well. A fairly quiet night to come. We still have a few

showers across the North coast which will tend to clear. Variable amounts

of cloud and clear skies. The winds are later. The link I fresh tonight,

with those temperatures now more than around 10 Celsius. Tomorrow

morning we do have a weather front out in the wings, bringing more are

muttered, and it will be windy, especially across right of the

cyclist, footers and unsettled day, a dry start, especially in the East.

Pretty quickly, the rain spread them from the West. Heavy showers likely.

Late afternoon, into the evening, we will start to see something drier

and brighter for parts of the South and West. Those temperatures

disappointing for a time of year, ranging between 14 and 16 Celsius.

At rain band will clear through tonight, maybe some evening

sunshine. Overnight, just a few showers running across North Wales

but the bulk of the country will be dry. By dawn, we will start to see

the cloud thickening from the west ahead of the next weather system. It

is a fresh night. Temperatures down to about nine Celsius. There it is

common next band of rain pushing its way in from the west. You will need

your umbrella through Tuesday and Wednesday. It is a dry start in the

east, with the state, but pretty quickly the rain spread them. Heavy

pulse is likely and strong south-westerly winds to go with it.

Temperatures between 15 and 17 Celsius. Those winds will ease into

Wednesday night. Through Thursday, a dry start and stop by the afternoon,

more rain pushing in from the West. Something drier and brighter by

Friday.