Welsh Labour Party: 01/05/2012 Party Election Broadcasts

Unfortunately, there's a lot of families,

in particular younger families, who are struggling.

For a considerable period of time, I was a single parent,

and you have to manage and you have to sort of budget.

You have to count the pennies and you have to make decisions

about what becomes a luxury

as opposed to a necessity.

And again, speaking to a lot of working parents,

they're facing redundancy, job insecurity,

and some working women are making really tough decisions.

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We're taking Joseph to school.

His school is about eight miles away.

We rely on, er...

decent-priced fuel to enable us to carry out basic, everyday tasks,

especially taking your child to school,

where you want to educate them to make sure

that they get, you know, the best start in life possible.

And if you're struggling to get them there in the first place,

then that has a huge impact on a working family.

'He's lucky, as most children in Wales are,

'in that they benefit from a free breakfast.'

The Welsh government's commitment to this

means that working families can stay in work

rather than make a stark choice of having to give up their job

simply because they can't afford to look after their children.

I feel that the other parties are not doing enough.

Right now, because of the austerity cuts

and the way in which central government is operating, I am worried

about, er, Joseph's future.

However, with Welsh Labour,

and their policies around education,

their policies around challenging youth unemployment,

around Skills for Life,

then I know that they are going to help make a difference

to Joseph's life for the future.

On May 3rd, this is your chance to vote, to make a difference,

not just for you, but for your family and for everyone else in Wales.