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Good evening. | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
The body that represents retailers in Wales says businesses | 0:00:18 | 0:00:19 | |
here will be disproportionately hit by the new living wage. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
The Welsh Retail Consortium is concerned about the impact | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
of changes that come into force on the 1st of April. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
Adult workers on the minimum wage will get a 50-pence-an-hour | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
pay rise. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:35 | |
More from our Political reporter, Cemlyn Davies. | 0:00:35 | 0:00:44 | |
Since the 50s, Parsons pickles has been bottling local cockles | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
and mussels to be sent all over the UK | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
from its home in Burry Port. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:50 | |
At the moment, many of the workers here | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
earn close to the national minimum wage, that's ?6.70 per hour | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
for those over 21-years-old. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:56 | |
But next month, the staff here will get | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
a pay rise when the new living | 0:00:58 | 0:00:59 | |
wage is introduced. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:00 | |
That will take the minimum wage for workers aged 25 and over to | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
?7.20 per hour, 50p more than the current rate. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:08 | |
I think it will be good because it will help | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
towards living, the cost of living and the mortgage so it'll help me. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:16 | |
For the kids and everything in future it's all going | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
in the right direction. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:20 | |
Brilliant. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
Though 50p may not sound much, this company's wage | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
bill is set to rise by ?20,000 per year, according to the managing | 0:01:25 | 0:01:30 | |
director. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:32 | |
It's not just the ?7.20 that it's gone up to, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
obviously, people who have responsibility and who are on that | 0:01:35 | 0:01:40 | |
little bit more or more again, we've got to put it up | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
pro rata. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
Whilst Colin says the company can cope for now, he believes future | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
increases to the living wage could force the company | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
to automate its processors further. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
It's businesses like this one where the work perhaps | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
isn't particularly skilled that are likely to be most greatly | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
affected by the introduction of a new living wage. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:07 | |
Hospitality and retail are other sectors that could well feel | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
the strain. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
For British Retail Consortium recently claimed nearly a million | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
jobs could be lost across the UK as a result of the pressures | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
on businesses, including the living wage. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
It estimates 74,000 shops will close and Wales will be | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
disproportionately affected compared to other parts of the UK. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:33 | |
Our reports are showing that we're seeing a potential loss of over | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
900,000 jobs over the next decade across the UK but our modelling has | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
shown that will fall most heavily in areas like Wales where we have | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
possibly more an economically unstable environment. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
We are seeing accelerated rates of shop closures | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
in Wales, also seeing high footfall decline. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:55 | |
The national minimum wage for those below 25 years old goes | 0:02:55 | 0:02:59 | |
up in October and the UK Government wants to see the hourly living wage | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
rise to ?9 by 2020. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
The UK Government says it created the living wage to enable low wage | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
workers to share in economic growth. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:17 | |
A union has said it won't speculate on the outcome of a Tata Steel board | 0:03:17 | 0:03:21 | |
meeting later this month - where it's hoped a plan | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
to save the Port Talbot plant will be approved. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
750 job losses were announced in January, as part of measures | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
to protect thousands more jobs at the site. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
Reports in one Sunday newspaper raise concerns that the plan, | 0:03:32 | 0:03:35 | |
which involves new investment, won't be backed by the Board. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
Tata says it's invested significantly in its UK operations. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
Television cameras are to be allowed into certain crown courts in Wales | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
and England for the first time. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
Cardiff Crown Court will be part of a three-month pilot | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
scheme, in which judges will be filmed giving | 0:03:52 | 0:03:54 | |
their sentencing remarks. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
But the footage won't be broadcast at this stage. | 0:03:56 | 0:04:01 | |
The former First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, has described | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
as "regrettable", comments by the Public Services Minister, | 0:04:03 | 0:04:07 | |
Leighton Andrews, which led to the collapse of the Public Health | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
Bill. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:10 | |
A row broke out, after Mr Andrews described Plaid Cyrmu as a "cheap | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
date", over a previous deal struck between Labour and Plaid. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
Rhodri Morgan said the minister didn't understand the difference | 0:04:16 | 0:04:20 | |
between a joke and a put down. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
Royal Navy crew members from HMS Monmouth were given the freedom | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
of the town this afternoon. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:35 | |
Hundreds turned out to watch the ship's company parade | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
through the centre of Monmouth, before a military and civic | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
ceremony. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
The ship is at Cardiff's Britannia Dock until Thursday. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
Rugby and Wales' women have lost the final Six Nations game | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
of their tournament. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
Despite two tries from Sioned Harris, they went down by 16 | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
points to 12 against Italy in Aberavon. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
It means they finish their championship campaign with two | 0:04:55 | 0:04:57 | |
wins from five. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
Bitterly disappointed to be honest. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
I think we will probably look back on this game and kick ourselves | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
a little bit. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:07 | |
Came in fairly confident, you know, obviously beat | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
France, clinical in France, we gave England a really good run | 0:05:09 | 0:05:12 | |
for their money in Twickenham and it's | 0:05:12 | 0:05:13 | |
difficult to come here and not perform, to be honest with you, | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
and that's probably what we'll find hardest. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
Hundreds of people have been running, walking, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
cycling or swimming for Sport Relief today. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
Cardiff hosted one of six flagship events across the UK, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
to raise money for charity. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:27 | |
And people in Swansea also did their bit, | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
the Sport Relief mile was held along the promenade. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
The weather forecast and after a fairly fine evening | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
with some brightness in places, it'll stay dry overnight | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
with some clear spells. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
Tomorrow any mist or fog first thing will soon clear to leave a dry | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
but rather cloudy day. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:44 | |
Hill fog across higher ground, but increasing breaks in the cloud | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
should allow some sunny spells. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
Top temperature, 10C. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
I'm back with another update at 10.20pm. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
Goodbye. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:03 | |
Just a light breeze, so pleasant in the sunshine and then | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
gradually turning unsettled. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 |