An English bibliotaph of fifty years residence in Wales pontificates about politics (slightly off-message), films and trivia. Acting secretary of Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats. Candidate for Neath in the Westminster elections of 1997 & 2017 and the Welsh general election of 2016.
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Future for jobs looks twice as bad for Wales as for England
The latest KPMG Labour Market Outlook shows a welcome rise in expectations of new hirings in the private sector in the UK as a whole, while the public sector is expecting to continue to sack people. This is itself is bad news for Wales, which has a large public sector, but worse news is that even commercial employers in Wales are not optimistic, and employment is predicted to continue to fall in the next quarter.
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So much for the Plaid/Labour coallition in the Assembly. What a mess they will make of it in Westminster if they join forces, even if Peter Hain thinks its "a good idea"
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