20/03/2016 BBC Wales Today


20/03/2016

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Good evening.

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The body that represents retailers in Wales says businesses

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here will be disproportionately hit by the new living wage.

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The Welsh Retail Consortium is concerned about the impact

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of changes that come into force on the 1st of April.

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Adult workers on the minimum wage will get a 50-pence-an-hour

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pay rise.

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More from our Political reporter, Cemlyn Davies.

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Since the 50s, Parsons pickles has been bottling local cockles

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and mussels to be sent all over the UK

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from its home in Burry Port.

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At the moment, many of the workers here

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earn close to the national minimum wage, that's ?6.70 per hour

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for those over 21-years-old.

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But next month, the staff here will get

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a pay rise when the new living

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wage is introduced.

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That will take the minimum wage for workers aged 25 and over to

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?7.20 per hour, 50p more than the current rate.

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I think it will be good because it will help

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towards living, the cost of living and the mortgage so it'll help me.

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For the kids and everything in future it's all going

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in the right direction.

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Brilliant.

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Though 50p may not sound much, this company's wage

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bill is set to rise by ?20,000 per year, according to the managing

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director.

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It's not just the ?7.20 that it's gone up to,

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obviously, people who have responsibility and who are on that

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little bit more or more again, we've got to put it up

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pro rata.

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Whilst Colin says the company can cope for now, he believes future

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increases to the living wage could force the company

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to automate its processors further.

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It's businesses like this one where the work perhaps

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isn't particularly skilled that are likely to be most greatly

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affected by the introduction of a new living wage.

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Hospitality and retail are other sectors that could well feel

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the strain.

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For British Retail Consortium recently claimed nearly a million

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jobs could be lost across the UK as a result of the pressures

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on businesses, including the living wage.

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It estimates 74,000 shops will close and Wales will be

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disproportionately affected compared to other parts of the UK.

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Our reports are showing that we're seeing a potential loss of over

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900,000 jobs over the next decade across the UK but our modelling has

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shown that will fall most heavily in areas like Wales where we have

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possibly more an economically unstable environment.

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We are seeing accelerated rates of shop closures

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in Wales, also seeing high footfall decline.

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The national minimum wage for those below 25 years old goes

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up in October and the UK Government wants to see the hourly living wage

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rise to ?9 by 2020.

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The UK Government says it created the living wage to enable low wage

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workers to share in economic growth.

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A union has said it won't speculate on the outcome of a Tata Steel board

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meeting later this month - where it's hoped a plan

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to save the Port Talbot plant will be approved.

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750 job losses were announced in January, as part of measures

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to protect thousands more jobs at the site.

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Reports in one Sunday newspaper raise concerns that the plan,

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which involves new investment, won't be backed by the Board.

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Tata says it's invested significantly in its UK operations.

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Television cameras are to be allowed into certain crown courts in Wales

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and England for the first time.

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Cardiff Crown Court will be part of a three-month pilot

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scheme, in which judges will be filmed giving

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their sentencing remarks.

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But the footage won't be broadcast at this stage.

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The former First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, has described

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as "regrettable", comments by the Public Services Minister,

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Leighton Andrews, which led to the collapse of the Public Health

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Bill.

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A row broke out, after Mr Andrews described Plaid Cyrmu as a "cheap

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date", over a previous deal struck between Labour and Plaid.

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Rhodri Morgan said the minister didn't understand the difference

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between a joke and a put down.

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Royal Navy crew members from HMS Monmouth were given the freedom

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of the town this afternoon.

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Hundreds turned out to watch the ship's company parade

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through the centre of Monmouth, before a military and civic

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ceremony.

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The ship is at Cardiff's Britannia Dock until Thursday.

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Rugby and Wales' women have lost the final Six Nations game

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of their tournament.

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Despite two tries from Sioned Harris, they went down by 16

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points to 12 against Italy in Aberavon.

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It means they finish their championship campaign with two

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wins from five.

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Bitterly disappointed to be honest.

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I think we will probably look back on this game and kick ourselves

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a little bit.

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Came in fairly confident, you know, obviously beat

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France, clinical in France, we gave England a really good run

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for their money in Twickenham and it's

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difficult to come here and not perform, to be honest with you,

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and that's probably what we'll find hardest.

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Hundreds of people have been running, walking,

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cycling or swimming for Sport Relief today.

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Cardiff hosted one of six flagship events across the UK,

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to raise money for charity.

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And people in Swansea also did their bit,

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the Sport Relief mile was held along the promenade.

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The weather forecast and after a fairly fine evening

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with some brightness in places, it'll stay dry overnight

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with some clear spells.

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Tomorrow any mist or fog first thing will soon clear to leave a dry

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but rather cloudy day.

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Hill fog across higher ground, but increasing breaks in the cloud

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should allow some sunny spells.

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Top temperature, 10C.

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I'm back with another update at 10.20pm.

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Goodbye.

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Just a light breeze, so pleasant in the sunshine and then

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gradually turning unsettled.

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