22/01/2017 BBC Wales Today


22/01/2017

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Good evening.

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Labour and Plaid Cymru have agreed on new plans for how they believe

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Wales and the UK should exit the European Union.

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First Minister Carwyn Jones and Plaid leader Leanne Wood say

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immigration controls should be tightened, but the UK

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should still participate in the tariff-free single market.

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More now from our political correspondent, Arwyn Jones.

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The two leaders have been in talks for months about how Wales

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and the UK should go about Brexit.

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The Scottish and Northern Irish governments have already

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outlined their proposals, now we get a flavour

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of the view from Cardiff Bay.

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In a Sunday Times article they say their plans highlight...

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But they want a system which...

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Some are warning that clarity is needed as soon as possible

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to avoid jobs being lost to the continent.

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Already we're seeing the haemorrhaging of jobs

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from the City of London, and they provide 12%

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of the income of this country.

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That is going to impact on jobs...

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Not just jobs, but our services, hospitals, schools, and people need

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to understand this is not just about jobs, it is about their

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services and what will happen in Wales in the future.

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Keeping membership of the single market, the tariff-free trading

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agreement within the countries of the EU and some others,

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is seen as being important to Wales in particular.

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This chart shows just how much of our exports, over two thirds,

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goes to the EU compared with the rest of the world.

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Carwyn Jones and Leanne Wood have said immigration from the EU is not

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a big problem in Wales, despite representing

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constituencies which voted strongly to leave the EU.

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Opponents say they are trying to rerun the referendum campaign.

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What is important for us is we are able to trade

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and we can get access, but we get access on a

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level playing field.

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The important thing people told us in the referendum was that

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sovereignty needed to come back to the UK and decisions be

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made here in the UK.

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If you accept that, you can move forward, but sadly,

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Eluned and other Labour politicians, and Plaid in particular, are unable

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to come to terms with that.

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After last week we have a clearer idea of what leading

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politicians want from Brexit, but agreeing on those plans seems

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as unlikely as ever.

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Meanwhile, Labour peer Lord Peter Hain says he will not be

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voting to trigger Article 50, because he says it

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will damage Welsh jobs.

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The former Welsh Secretary, who now sits in the House of Lords,

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said he acknowledged the referendum result and respected it,

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but said people were not expecting a deal that would be damaging

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to the most vulnerable.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said all his MPs would be told to approve

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the triggering of Article 50, the process by which

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the UK leaves the EU.

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I am concerned about the damage to Wales, to our jobs

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and to our most-vulnerable citizens.

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That is why in all conscience and principle I cannot vote

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to trigger Article 50 on the basis of this extreme right-wing agenda

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the Prime Minister has promised.

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The Labour Party is united on that.

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People may take a different tactical position at this stage,

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but we are united in opposing this hard, right-wing Brexit.

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A mother and her eight-year-old son have gone missing

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from their home on Anglesey.

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The family of 36-year-old Elen Jones and Lewis Rhys,

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who live in Menai Bridge, have not seen them since Tuesday.

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North Wales Police believe they are travelling

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in a gold-coloured Citroen Zara, and have appealed for

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sightings of the pair.

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Police in Cheshire say a man was arrested during yesterday's

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Chester versus Wrexham football match in relation to

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a racially-aggravated public order offence.

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It is believed to relate to comments directed at Wrexham

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striker Ntumba Massanka during the match yesterday.

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It was the only arrest around the game, which was subject

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to tighter policing as a so-called "bubble match".

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Rugby, and in the quarterfinals of the European Challenge Cup,

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the Ospreys will be at home to French club Stade Francais,

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while the Cardiff Blues travel to Gloucester.

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The ties will be played between March 30th and April 2nd.

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Let's take a quick look at tomorrow's weather...

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And fog in the east will be slow to clear through the morning.

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Elsewhere, it'll remain dry with some bright,

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sunny spells developing, but it will feel chilly in the east.

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A top temperature of 10 Celsius.

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That's Wales Today.

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We're back with updates in Breakfast from 6:25am.

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But from all of us on the weekend team, thanks for watching, bye-bye.

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