:00:00. > :00:00.Welcome to Wales Today. Our top stories:
:00:07. > :00:08.The Chancellor' delivered his budget.
:00:09. > :00:12.What does it mean for working people and the wider economy?
:00:13. > :00:16.People are going to have to accept that they retrain,
:00:17. > :00:20.evolve or develop their skills on a regular basis through their
:00:21. > :00:27.There'll be billions more for social care in England.
:00:28. > :00:38.There's an extra ?200 million coming to Wales.
:00:39. > :00:55.I'll be speaking to the man writing the cheques.
:00:56. > :00:58.And why aren't there more women or people
:00:59. > :01:04.Heading to London - forced to retire later,
:01:05. > :01:07.they're protesting about changes to their pensions.
:01:08. > :01:11.I think it is organised theft by the government.
:01:12. > :01:14.There is no other way of describing it.
:01:15. > :01:23.In tonight's sport, despite Wales' Six Nations defeat to Scotland,
:01:24. > :01:26.Rob Howley names an unchanged side to face Ireland.
:01:27. > :01:30.And the Welsh schoolgirl who plays for an England boys team.
:01:31. > :01:33.Charlotte Harris from Ystrad Mynach is aiming to play
:01:34. > :01:44.In his first budget, the Chancellor said investing
:01:45. > :01:47.in training and big projects will improve living standards
:01:48. > :01:51.but he's been criticised for not backing specific projects for Wales,
:01:52. > :01:56.But Philip Hammond has given the Welsh Government an extra
:01:57. > :02:01.?200 million to spend over the next four years.
:02:02. > :02:04.Our economics correspondent Sarah Dickins has been looking
:02:05. > :02:14.at how the budget will affect people working in Wales.
:02:15. > :02:22.The products they design her enable other companies to become more
:02:23. > :02:26.efficient, more productive. This is what the Chancellor is wanting of
:02:27. > :02:31.the UK economy, to be leaner, perform better. The only sustainable
:02:32. > :02:36.way to raise living standards is to improve our productivity growth.
:02:37. > :02:39.Simply put, higher productivity means higher pay, investment in
:02:40. > :02:43.training and investment in infrastructure will start to close
:02:44. > :02:48.this gap. The latest official figures show that in the UK the
:02:49. > :02:51.amount we produce each hour is 30% less than workers in the States. And
:02:52. > :03:08.35% less than workers in Germany. So
:03:09. > :03:10.productivity in the UK is underperforming. That might be
:03:11. > :03:13.because we are not a skilled or our machinery is less efficient, but the
:03:14. > :03:16.bad news for Wales is that when we go to work, we produce even less
:03:17. > :03:18.than other parts of the UK. 29% lower than the UK average.
:03:19. > :03:21.Businesses in the Swansea Bay area had hoped that the Chancellor would
:03:22. > :03:23.give the go-ahead for a city deal for the region, promising greater
:03:24. > :03:26.investment. That didn't happen today. We were very disappointed
:03:27. > :03:28.that after hopes were raised last week, there wasn't a single
:03:29. > :03:33.announcement in the budget today about moving that project forward.
:03:34. > :03:39.That's a project that would be transformational for the economy of
:03:40. > :03:43.West Wales. How does Wales catch up? This is a company that always has to
:03:44. > :03:46.be ahead of the game to win business. It's done that by
:03:47. > :03:51.continually improving the way it does things and growing its people
:03:52. > :03:55.skills. In an attempt to increase productivity across the UK, the
:03:56. > :04:00.Chancellor is investing skills training and particularly in new
:04:01. > :04:05.vocational exams. It's too early to know if the Welsh Government will
:04:06. > :04:09.follow. Anything that's developing on the training front has to be
:04:10. > :04:14.commended and encouraged. We are still catching up in the UK from a
:04:15. > :04:19.legacy of perhaps even decades of lack of investment in developing
:04:20. > :04:23.people to come into engineering and manufacturing. There's no doubt that
:04:24. > :04:26.the wheel has turned with that. These engineers are employees and
:04:27. > :04:30.therefore there is no change today in what they will pay in National
:04:31. > :04:34.Insurance and income tax but for nearly 2000 people in Wales who are
:04:35. > :04:38.self-employed, they will see what they pay in National Insurance rise
:04:39. > :04:45.by 1% in the pound from April next year. In effect, a tax increase.
:04:46. > :04:51.Young, low income self-employed people, which there are a lot of,
:04:52. > :04:55.because it's the only way they can be employed. Window cleaners, people
:04:56. > :05:00.who clean your drives, you know, there's lots of small self-employed
:05:01. > :05:05.people only earning just above the minimum wage. The Chancellor said
:05:06. > :05:10.that an employee earning ?32,000 a year generates more than ?6,000 in
:05:11. > :05:16.National Insurance for the Treasury. A self-employed person on the save
:05:17. > :05:19.money only contributes ?2300 a year. The Chancellor is narrowing the gap.
:05:20. > :05:22.There are more people working now than ever and it is estimated a
:05:23. > :05:28.large proportion of those new workers are self-employed. I know
:05:29. > :05:33.that 60% of women are self-employed on low paid. So it doesn't equalise
:05:34. > :05:39.out the discrepancy between male and female pay. The previous Chancellor
:05:40. > :05:43.launched the northern powerhouse and Philip Hammond gave the go-ahead to
:05:44. > :05:47.a Midlands engine strategy, although there was no announcement for a city
:05:48. > :05:51.deal for Swansea today. The UK Government says it is committed to
:05:52. > :05:53.signing it as soon as possible. That could help to close the gap between
:05:54. > :05:56.Wales and the rest of the UK. Let's speak to our parliamentary
:05:57. > :05:59.correspondent David Cornock. So nothing today on
:06:00. > :06:05.Swansea's City Deal? The Chancellor told MPs a week ago
:06:06. > :06:12.that he hoped that city Last week the Chancellor told MPs
:06:13. > :06:15.he hoped the Swansea deal would be completed by today,
:06:16. > :06:17.but it wasn't. And there's the added complication
:06:18. > :06:19.that the UK Government's adviser on the deal,
:06:20. > :06:21.the former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine,
:06:22. > :06:23.was sacked last night. Alun Cairns, the Welsh Secretary,
:06:24. > :06:25.told me the deal isn't ready. He preferred to talk
:06:26. > :06:28.about what was in the budget - ?200 million a year
:06:29. > :06:30.for the Welsh Government And he had his own ideas on how
:06:31. > :06:43.to spend the extra cash. Last week the Chancellor told MPs
:06:44. > :06:49.he hoped the Swansea deal I think there's a challenge
:06:50. > :06:52.for the Welsh Government on how they spend the money,
:06:53. > :06:54.bearing in mind they get ?120 or around that for every ?100
:06:55. > :06:57.they spend in England so there is a challenge,
:06:58. > :07:00.are they now going to use this extra money to support small businesses
:07:01. > :07:02.through a business But of course there is also
:07:03. > :07:06.the extra efficiency gains we need from the health service,
:07:07. > :07:08.education, in order to make sure that every penny is spent
:07:09. > :07:11.at the sharp end for patients, Last week the Chancellor said
:07:12. > :07:14.he hoped to conclude The call is mine as to when it's
:07:15. > :07:24.going to be signed but from the challenge session that we had
:07:25. > :07:27.ten days ago, I didn't Lord Heseltine at the time didn't
:07:28. > :07:35.think it was ready but we haven't just stalled on that,
:07:36. > :07:37.I have officials in Swansea today working on trying to get
:07:38. > :07:40.the plan into place. I'm doing everything possible
:07:41. > :07:42.to work with the local authorities, to work
:07:43. > :07:44.with the businesses involved. I want to sign this as soon
:07:45. > :07:48.as possible but I'm not prepared to sign any deal,
:07:49. > :07:51.I want to sign a deal that will work for businesses in the area
:07:52. > :07:54.and will really raise the living Last week you praised
:07:55. > :07:59.Lord Heseltine's great expertise, He was extremely helpful
:08:00. > :08:05.and important to the He underlined some concerns that
:08:06. > :08:09.I've seen in the proposals that had come forward,
:08:10. > :08:11.he set a direction, but officials We are determined to get this deal
:08:12. > :08:16.signed as quickly as possible He played an important part
:08:17. > :08:24.in the challenge session, He set a direction and on that basis
:08:25. > :08:41.we are working to sign the deal The answer to the question that Alun
:08:42. > :08:44.Cairns neatly sidestep is that Lord Heseltine was sacked for voting
:08:45. > :08:49.against the government over Brexit in the House of Lords. He was due to
:08:50. > :08:52.visit Swansea today. That was cancelled. But Alun Cairns and
:08:53. > :08:55.officials in the Treasury insists the deal is making good progress and
:08:56. > :08:57.it will be signed as quickly as possible.
:08:58. > :08:59.As predicted, the Chancellor announced a ?2 billion investment
:09:00. > :09:02.for social care in England to help deal with the pressure
:09:03. > :09:08.The Welsh Government will get funding as a result but it can spend
:09:09. > :09:13.There are calls tonight for it to go to fund social
:09:14. > :09:32.Time for a matinee in Cardiff. This care home opened last year, offering
:09:33. > :09:39.a deluxe service. Including in-house hairdressing, beauty treatment and
:09:40. > :09:45.chiropody, for ?1500 a week. Around double the UK average cost. The food
:09:46. > :09:53.is excellent, all the staff are very carefully -- caring. It is a
:09:54. > :09:57.wonderful place. It removes you from the problems of today. They are
:09:58. > :10:04.friendly it is like a home from home. You don't feel like you are in
:10:05. > :10:07.an institution. This kind of quality costs big money. Something that's
:10:08. > :10:12.hard to find in the publicly funded part of the social care sector. It
:10:13. > :10:20.is expensive. But the quality is there. In your basic home, the care
:10:21. > :10:24.is good, but you can't put the extra quality in. That's what the
:10:25. > :10:28.difference is and that's why funding should be much, much better than
:10:29. > :10:34.what it is and the government should be looking to support our frail,
:10:35. > :10:37.vulnerable and older people. Wales has a relatively bigger and faster
:10:38. > :10:41.growing elderly population than the rest of the UK and lots of people
:10:42. > :10:46.with chronic and complex health conditions. A few years ago, when
:10:47. > :10:50.public spending budgets tightened, the Welsh Government made some cuts
:10:51. > :10:56.to the NHS but held steady adult social care budgets. But despite
:10:57. > :11:00.that, councils say there is now a funding black hole in those budgets
:11:01. > :11:05.that needs filling. A report out today says the increasing elderly
:11:06. > :11:11.population in Wales means spending per older person has fallen by
:11:12. > :11:16.nearly 13% in real terms since 2009. It says they will need to be an
:11:17. > :11:22.extra ?134 million per year spent on adult social care by 2021 just to
:11:23. > :11:28.get back to where spending per head was in 2009. It's a long-term
:11:29. > :11:34.problem. This is not going to be a matter of a one-off sum of money to
:11:35. > :11:39.help. This requires a longer term approach over the next decade or
:11:40. > :11:43.more. Today's budget means an extra ?50 million a year for the Welsh
:11:44. > :11:48.Government's day-to-day spending. There's no pressure to use it on
:11:49. > :11:53.social care. The pressures on social care will double in financial terms
:11:54. > :11:57.over the next ten years. As the impact of an ageing population
:11:58. > :12:00.becomes clearer, it's now over two ministers in Cardiff Bay to decide
:12:01. > :12:01.if that is where today's extra money should go.
:12:02. > :12:04.The man who can answer that question is with our political
:12:05. > :12:16.That man is Mark Drakeford, the finance secretary. An awful lot of
:12:17. > :12:21.that money in England is going on social care. Are you going to do the
:12:22. > :12:24.same in Wales? We have invested in social care over the years in Wales
:12:25. > :12:29.so we are not in the same position as they are in England, we are in a
:12:30. > :12:33.much better position. But I did urge the Chancellor to take note of the
:12:34. > :12:37.pressures in social care and that will be on the list of issues we
:12:38. > :12:41.will discuss as a cabinet. So it would be a bit odd if you don't
:12:42. > :12:46.spend a significant part of it on social care. You know the pressure
:12:47. > :12:49.the system is under. The pressures in social care are real and we have
:12:50. > :12:55.tried to recognise them already but we as a cabinet will look at all the
:12:56. > :12:58.different priorities in Wales, in education, health, local government,
:12:59. > :13:01.and then we will use the modest amount of money we've had today to
:13:02. > :13:05.the best effect to meet the needs of Wales. You will also come under
:13:06. > :13:09.pressure to help companies struggling with business rates.
:13:10. > :13:12.Already pressure from the Conservatives at Westminster for you
:13:13. > :13:16.to do more than you have already done. We've already done far more
:13:17. > :13:20.than the Chancellor has announced today. We've made ?20 million worth
:13:21. > :13:24.of Welsh Government money available next year to help small businesses.
:13:25. > :13:29.The total amount we get from the Chancellor this year for this is ?12
:13:30. > :13:33.million. We have already gone far beyond what the Chancellor has
:13:34. > :13:37.provided. No giveaway budget, clearly, from the Chancellor. He is
:13:38. > :13:45.preparing a war chest for Brexit, isn't he? He is a cautious man, you
:13:46. > :13:50.are a cautious man. Brexit is the shadow that lies across this
:13:51. > :13:55.project. The dog that didn't bark. He did not mention the word but he
:13:56. > :13:59.undoubtedly believes the Brexit will do damage to the UK economy, that
:14:00. > :14:03.there will be holes to repair, that there will be damaged in and he is
:14:04. > :14:05.using that budget to prepare for that is eventuality. Thank you very
:14:06. > :14:07.much. Much more to come before
:14:08. > :14:13.seven o'clock: Despite Wales' Six Nations defeat
:14:14. > :14:15.to Scotland, Rob Howley names And the Welsh schoolgirl who plays
:14:16. > :14:22.for an England boys' team. The Ystrad Mynach teenager aiming
:14:23. > :14:33.to turn professional. A report which asks who runs
:14:34. > :14:36.Wales has found women are still significantly
:14:37. > :14:39.under-represented at the most senior The Equality and Human Rights
:14:40. > :14:44.Commission says despite some improvements since 2014,
:14:45. > :14:49.the position has not changed as much At this lunch in Bridgend,
:14:50. > :14:57.business people have Among them, two women
:14:58. > :15:02.who have their own businesses. Between main course and pudding,
:15:03. > :15:05.I took them aside to find out why they think women are still not
:15:06. > :15:07.making it to the top My background is local authority
:15:08. > :15:13.and I feel there were men within the authority that were less
:15:14. > :15:17.qualified, less experienced than myself, getting
:15:18. > :15:20.the jobs I was applying for. I set up my business with a business
:15:21. > :15:27.partner, another lady, and I don't think I would have done
:15:28. > :15:31.it on my own because I don't think A lot of women go off on maternity
:15:32. > :15:38.leave to raise children and senior management positions either require
:15:39. > :15:42.more time or they are not flexible. So I think if there was more
:15:43. > :15:47.flexible working and more support, you would see a lot more women
:15:48. > :15:50.in senior management positions. Just 6% of chief executive
:15:51. > :15:54.at Wales's top 100 Only 26% of councillors
:15:55. > :16:00.in Wales are women. And with less than half of disabled
:16:01. > :16:04.people having any sort of job, One thing is actually to say very
:16:05. > :16:14.clearly that you want We have seen the number
:16:15. > :16:21.of people applying, women, ethnic minority people,
:16:22. > :16:23.disabled people, the number of people applying for public
:16:24. > :16:27.appointment in Wales has increased Probably in response to the fact
:16:28. > :16:33.that there has been great encouragement of diversity
:16:34. > :16:36.in public sector boards. Another area of progress
:16:37. > :16:39.is in schools. Rachel Webb is one of a growing
:16:40. > :16:43.number of female headteachers. I asked her why education
:16:44. > :17:04.is bucking the trend. We have seen a huge difference over
:17:05. > :17:11.the last ten years. We had a ministerial visit last week from a
:17:12. > :17:14.woman. I can't understand why. I'm just very grateful it's happening
:17:15. > :17:18.because we have always fought for women having equal rights.
:17:19. > :17:20.To mark International Women's Day, these women from Swansea
:17:21. > :17:22.were presenting their ideas on equality and the Wales
:17:23. > :17:25.they want to see when they take their place in the workforce.
:17:26. > :17:28.Today's report suggests we are still a long way off that vision.
:17:29. > :17:31.Barclays has confirmed it's closing its mortgage centre
:17:32. > :17:34.in Cardiff next year with the loss of 180 jobs.
:17:35. > :17:37.144 of the posts are being moved to Liverpool and Leeds.
:17:38. > :17:40.Staff at the centre in the Llanishen area of the city have been given
:17:41. > :17:42.the option of redundancy or applying for relocation.
:17:43. > :17:45.The move is part of a major restructuring
:17:46. > :17:50.The first pump storage power station for more than 30 years is to be
:17:51. > :17:53.built near Llanberis in Snowdonia after receiving the go ahead
:17:54. > :17:58.The project involves turning two slate quarries at Glyn Rhonwy
:17:59. > :18:02.into reservoirs and pumping water between them when electricity
:18:03. > :18:05.is cheap, to be released when demand rises.
:18:06. > :18:11.The developers say it'll help meet carbon reduction targets.
:18:12. > :18:14.Developers who left a housing project near Wrexham unfinished
:18:15. > :18:17.almost ten years ago are being urged to complete construction.
:18:18. > :18:21.A petition has been presented to Parliament to urge the company
:18:22. > :18:24.to finish the job at Cefn Mawr or hand over the site to new owners.
:18:25. > :18:28.Harron Homes says it wants to ensure the land is developed in a way
:18:29. > :18:31.that meets the needs of the local community.
:18:32. > :18:34.It's not the case that there is nothing that can be done,
:18:35. > :18:37.even if Harron Homes don't want to act themselves,
:18:38. > :18:40.they can give it to the local authority or a housing association.
:18:41. > :18:45.But what isn't right is the way they are just sitting
:18:46. > :18:48.on land like this and not fulfilling an obligation.
:18:49. > :18:54.Hundreds of women from across Wales have been protesting in London
:18:55. > :18:56.against changes to the state pension scheme, which have raised
:18:57. > :19:01.One Welsh MP says those worst affected are destitute and are
:19:02. > :19:08.Following decades working in the public sector,
:19:09. > :19:11.62-year-old twins Leslie Stubbs and Sheila Porter from
:19:12. > :19:15.Carmarthenshire were hoping to enjoy the fruits of their labour.
:19:16. > :19:20.But changes to their state pension age have left them incensed.
:19:21. > :19:23.I think it's organised theft by the government.
:19:24. > :19:26.There's no other way of describing it.
:19:27. > :19:34.We are of a generation that have actually been discriminated against.
:19:35. > :19:39.We didn't have the Equal Pay Act in 1970, then to suddenly feel
:19:40. > :19:42.discriminated against now on the basis of your age,
:19:43. > :19:45.because that's what it is, because if we'd been born in 1951
:19:46. > :19:51.No two cases are the same but the group most affected
:19:52. > :19:55.are women born on or after the 6th of April 1951.
:19:56. > :20:02.It's estimated that amounts to around 135,000 people in Wales.
:20:03. > :20:06.For decades the state pension age for women was 60 but between April
:20:07. > :20:11.last year and November next year, it increases to 65.
:20:12. > :20:16.They are going to food banks, they are losing their homes,
:20:17. > :20:19.some women are selling their homes in order to survive,
:20:20. > :20:23.living off savings that are rapidly running out.
:20:24. > :20:28.One of the groups campaigning against the changes is WASPI,
:20:29. > :20:32.Women Against State Pension Inequality.
:20:33. > :20:37.This was one of several coaches from north and south Wales that
:20:38. > :20:42.Women born in the 1950s have been an easy group to target and we have
:20:43. > :20:48.Today I have come dressed as Emily Pankhurst because well over
:20:49. > :20:51.a hundred years ago she was fighting for women's rights and we've come
:20:52. > :20:54.here today to basically do exactly the same.
:20:55. > :20:57.Many campaigners say they had no or very little warning
:20:58. > :21:00.of the changes to their state pension.
:21:01. > :21:04.A former Conservative pensions minister says the government should
:21:05. > :21:10.I had hoped that having a female Prime Minister,
:21:11. > :21:13.we might have got some better understanding of the position faced
:21:14. > :21:17.by women who, let's face it, have lost out in pensions
:21:18. > :21:23.Thousands of people have gathered here today at Westminster
:21:24. > :21:29.The Department of Work and Pensions says it has no intention
:21:30. > :21:31.of changing its plans but the women here intend to
:21:32. > :21:38.Football, ice hockey and rugby in tonight's sport.
:21:39. > :21:44.The Wales coach says it's a chance to redeem themselves.
:21:45. > :21:47.Rob Howley is sticking with the same side that lost to Scotland
:21:48. > :21:50.for Friday's Six Nations game against Ireland.
:21:51. > :21:53.Howley has resisted calls to bring in fresh faces
:21:54. > :22:00.Unlike Wales, they can win the title.
:22:01. > :22:05.We've got, I suppose, the opportunity to go out at home
:22:06. > :22:10.in front of our home supporters and deliver a performance which,
:22:11. > :22:15.first and foremost, the players are proud of and, equally as
:22:16. > :22:18.important, for the supporters to support that.
:22:19. > :22:22.It's going to be a huge game on Friday night.
:22:23. > :22:25.Football, and Wales Women have finished 6th in the Cyprus Cup
:22:26. > :22:29.It finished goalless after 90 minutes but Jayne Ludlow's side
:22:30. > :22:41.Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock criticised Craig Noone
:22:42. > :22:44.and Declan John for the part they played in conceding a late
:22:45. > :22:47.Kenneth Zohore put the Bluebirds ahead, then Derrick Williams pounced
:22:48. > :22:53.Ice hockey next, and she's a Welsh schoolgirl who plays
:22:54. > :22:58.At just 13, Charlotte Harris from Ystrad Mynach is aiming to play
:22:59. > :23:01.full time in the lucrative, professional leagues in Canada.
:23:02. > :23:04.She represents England's junior ice hockey team
:23:05. > :23:13.It's a physical sport but Charlotte Harris is fearless.
:23:14. > :23:17.She trains with men seven years older than her.
:23:18. > :23:22.The Cardiff Devils Under-20s are twice her size.
:23:23. > :23:28.I first started out with boys teams and you eventually get to the point
:23:29. > :23:33.where you are so used to playing with boys, annoying the boys,
:23:34. > :23:37.and then you want to get to their standard and you just want
:23:38. > :23:44.Three years since taking up the sport, Charlotte is now good
:23:45. > :23:47.enough to play on the international stage, but with no Wales team
:23:48. > :23:51.she was spotted by England and the 13-year-old is now selected
:23:52. > :23:55.ahead of boys for the Under-14s side.
:23:56. > :24:00.She wants to play hockey all the time.
:24:01. > :24:03.She's got the mini sticks and a net at home.
:24:04. > :24:10.She's better on skates than she is walking to be honest.
:24:11. > :24:14.I sometimes cringe and think, my goodness, that boy is massive
:24:15. > :24:17.and if he knocks her, but she takes it in her stride.
:24:18. > :24:21.Charlotte spends 15 hours a week on the ice in Cardiff
:24:22. > :24:28.and for a handful of teams in Sheffield and Nottingham.
:24:29. > :24:29.She also represents GB girls at Under-16s.
:24:30. > :24:33.Her coach is in no doubt she will be good enough to make
:24:34. > :24:40.She's at the highest level known for her age.
:24:41. > :24:42.Give another four years or whatever the Olympics are now,
:24:43. > :24:45.And playing overseas could be tempting too.
:24:46. > :24:48.Charlotte wants to prove herself against the best in the professional
:24:49. > :24:50.leagues in Canada but admits persuading her parents
:24:51. > :25:11.No, not tonight all this week. The weather is turning milder. North
:25:12. > :25:16.Wales enjoying the better of the drier weather today. Further south,
:25:17. > :25:21.a lot more cloud with patchy rain. Tonight, the rain will clear. Mist
:25:22. > :25:27.and fog forming but it should be a frost free night. Temperature is no
:25:28. > :25:30.lower than six Celsius. Tomorrow we do have high pressure building from
:25:31. > :25:34.the south and also a weather front which is just sitting across
:25:35. > :25:38.southern parts of the British Isles. That will bring some rain later
:25:39. > :25:42.tomorrow night but for much of tomorrow it is looking pretty
:25:43. > :25:46.decent. We start the day on a breezy note, some sunshine but cloud will
:25:47. > :25:52.start increasing from the south as we head into the afternoon. It is a
:25:53. > :25:57.pleasant day to be out and about with temperatures getting up to 13
:25:58. > :26:01.or 14 Celsius. Through tomorrow night, we will see quite a bit of
:26:02. > :26:05.cloud at first. At the end of the night we will see rain pushing in
:26:06. > :26:11.from the West. It will be patchy in nature. Again, some low-level cloud,
:26:12. > :26:16.mist and fog with temperatures no lower than five Celsius. As we head
:26:17. > :26:21.towards the end of the week, high-pressure sitting across
:26:22. > :26:26.mainland Europe. That means quite unsettled weather on Friday and the
:26:27. > :26:27.weekend. Some rain at times but there will be some sunshine to look
:26:28. > :26:30.forward to as well. The Chancellor, Philip Hammond,
:26:31. > :26:33.has announced an extra ?200 million for Wales over the next four years
:26:34. > :26:40.in his budget today. And let's have a last word
:26:41. > :26:52.on that with our political Jamie, an interesting political
:26:53. > :26:56.donation is whether the Conservatives have broken a
:26:57. > :27:00.manifesto promised not to raise National Insurance contributions for
:27:01. > :27:04.the self-employed. Tonight, the Conservative Welsh Secretary Alun
:27:05. > :27:10.Cairns says not. His deputy says they have but it's not an
:27:11. > :27:13.unreasonable change. In Cardiff Bay, there's ?200 million, the
:27:14. > :27:18.expectation is that it will go towards social care, like so much in
:27:19. > :27:23.England. Broadly, I don't think anyone was expecting a giveaway
:27:24. > :27:24.budget. So close to starting the Brexit process. That is exactly what
:27:25. > :27:26.we got today. I'll be back with an update at 8pm
:27:27. > :27:30.and after the BBC News at 10pm. From all of us on the
:27:31. > :27:47.programme, good evening. You can still see her -
:27:48. > :27:51.but it has to be supervised.