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Good evening. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:15 | |
Introducing a Universal Basic Income in Wales would be a "worrying | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
and extremely expensive socialist experiment", a leading | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
economist has warned. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:27 | |
Earlier this month, the Finance Secretary | 0:00:27 | 0:00:28 | |
said the idea of paying | 0:00:28 | 0:00:29 | |
every citizen an unconditional sum of money was "attractive" | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
and could help tackle poverty and inequality. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
But Professor Patrick Minford told Sunday Politics Wales | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
the scheme "isn't workable". | 0:00:35 | 0:00:36 | |
More from our political reporter, Cemlyn Davies. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:41 | |
Should every single citizen receive an automatic basic income | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
to spend however they want, no strings attached? | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
It isn't a new question. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
Philosophers have debated it for centuries. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
But the policy does have fresh support from the left and the right, | 0:00:53 | 0:01:00 | |
and here in Wales, the Finance Secretary recently | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
described the idea as attractive. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:03 | |
It's an idea with considerable roots in our social policy. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:13 | |
Always struggled to manage to find a practical way | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
of taking it forward. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:19 | |
But there is an opportunity for us in Wales to watch | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
what is being attempted elsewhere. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
It isn't clear if or how the Welsh government could introduce | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
a universal basic income, but Mark Drakeford says he will keep | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
an eye on developments in Scotland, where there are efforts to launch | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
pilot schemes in Glasgow and Fife. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:32 | |
The initiative has cross-party support and the backing | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
of the RSA think tank. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
It explains a basic income would be paid to everyone, | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
regardless of whether they work or not and so there is an extra | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
incentive for unemployed people to find a job as they wouldn't have | 0:01:44 | 0:01:48 | |
to worry about losing benefits as happens under the current system. | 0:01:48 | 0:01:51 | |
With a basic income, moving from a system where you weren't | 0:01:51 | 0:01:58 | |
working into one where you were, you won't face those penalties. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:00 | |
You retain your consistent payments throughout that period. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:02 | |
You are given security to be able to choose to work. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:11 | |
And also to actually to be able to choose work or training, | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
or to set up your own business. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:15 | |
This is not a workable scheme because it is far too expensive. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
It creates a tremendous tax and disincentive for the average | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
person further up the income scale who is paying the taxes | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
to fund the whole thing. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:24 | |
Mark Drakeford has said he thinks this is an attractive idea. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
Does that worry you? | 0:02:27 | 0:02:28 | |
Well it is quite worrying for Wales because it is very expensive. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
If Wales does it on its own it is going to be very expensive. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Critics also claim a universal basic income could encourage laziness | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
and increase immigration. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:40 | |
The First Minister has criticised President Donald Trump's decision | 0:02:40 | 0:02:44 | |
to institute a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:52 | |
Carwyn Jones said the impact on "law-abiding citizens" | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
was beyond any "rational defence". | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
He also criticised the Prime Minister's response | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
to Mr Trump's executive order. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
Mr Jones says he'll raise the matter with Theresa May when they meet | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
tomorrow for the Joint Ministerial Committee. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
Police have renewed an appeal for information | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
about the death of a baby boy - exactly a year after his body | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
was found in Newport. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
The newborn child was discovered on land near Imperial | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
Park in Coedkernew. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
He'd been wrapped in a white towel from the city's | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
St Anne's Hospice, and put in a black leather-style bag. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
Despite numerous appeals, Gwent Police have been unable | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
to identify the baby's mother. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:33 | |
A farewell service has been held at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
to mark the retirement of the Archbishop of Wales. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:39 | |
Dr Barry Morgan has been the head of the Church in Wales | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
for nearly 14 years - the longest serving | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
in the Anglican Communion. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
He'll retire on his 70th birthday on Tuesday. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
Around 9,000 women a year in Wales are diagnosed with cancer. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
The treatment can cause visible side effects, | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
like hair loss and changes to the skin. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
Now workshops aimed at boosting the confidence of women | 0:04:00 | 0:04:03 | |
undergoing cancer treatment, are being offered in North Wales | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
for the first time. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
For some cancer patients looking in the mirror isn't | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
as straightforward as it used to be. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:18 | |
Treatment can cause physical changes, such as scarring | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
and the loss of hair, eyebrows, eyelashes and even nails. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
Now these skincare and make up workshops are being held | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
in North Wales for the first time, offering advice and support. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:30 | |
Pat Morris is recovering from an operation and eight rounds | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
of chemotherapy for ovarian cancer. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
I've learned quite a bit tonight, just with the make up | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
and everything, you know. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:41 | |
Because you do tend to put things on and if they're not the right way, | 0:04:41 | 0:04:45 | |
they don't look right, do they? | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
But I'm going to learn what I can tonight. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
The workshops are held away from a hospital setting | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
at the Beeches Hotel in Prestatyn every six weeks. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
They are run by volunteers from the charity Look Good Feel | 0:04:58 | 0:05:02 | |
Better, in partnership with the local health board. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:06 | |
No matter what treatment they have, it makes them feel so much | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
better when they come to a session like this. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
They're meeting other people who are going through the same | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
condition, and they make friends from it as well. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
It just makes them feel more confident. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
A cancer diagnosis and treatment can be overwhelming physically | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
and psychologically. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
It is hoped by helping these women to look and feel better, | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
they'll face their treatment and their future | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
with more confidence. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
A look at the weather forecast, and the rain will soon clear this | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
evening, leaving a cloudy and mild night for all. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
There'll be mist, low cloud and fog over the hills. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
Monday will be a cloudy and mild day. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
It'll look grey and murky from the start, with hill fog. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
Rain will gradually spread north and east, though it will be lighter | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
and patchier than today. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:48 | |
Top temperature 10 Celsius. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:49 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
I'll be back with our late update at around twenty past ten. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
Enjoy your evening. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:55 | |
Goodbye. | 0:05:55 | 0:06:00 |