Rural poverty hiding in plain sight

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00:00Tlodi Gwledig is a business with a lot of money.

00:07It's a spar with people who live in this area.

00:11Does that affect the businesses?

00:14Yes, it does.

00:16Tlodi Gwledig is growing day by day...

00:19..after a new strategy was announced today.

00:22This is from the 1930s.

00:25In Llandysul, Sandra has been running a business for five years...

00:30..and even though there's so much money through grants...

00:34..it's essential as a client...

00:36..that affects people in the Gwledig area.

00:39One of the main things is the transport infrastructure.

00:44The old bus station was just a block away.

00:50Most of the old people used it...

00:53..to come into Llandysul's hinterlands.

00:56Without that, they'd have lost their business...

01:01..to the local economy.

01:03We've also put people in areas that are quite isolated...

01:09..and they can't come in to have a community.

01:13According to the Bevan Foundation...

01:16..the GDP in the Gwledig area is currently...

01:20..£27 a week more per capita...

01:23..and £4 a week more per capita...

01:27..compared to the GDP in the Trefol area.

01:31On top of that...

01:33..there's a huge amount of land in the Gwledig area as well.

01:39Gwynedd, Powys, Sir Benfro, Conwy...

01:43..and here in the Gwledig area, with the rest of Wales.

01:47Studies show...

01:49..that there's a lot more land in the Gwledig area...

01:53..than people expect.

01:55It's a huge amount.

01:57Only 34.6% of people in the Gwledig area live in an apartment.

02:02That says a lot, doesn't it?

02:04In Cardiff today...

02:06..the Labour Party...

02:08..which has drawn widespread support...

02:12..wants to ensure that there's an impact assessment...

02:17..regarding the impact on the Gwledig area.

02:20So I want to see...

02:22..every time the Government creates a policy...

02:26..I want to see how that affects the Gwledig area.

02:30I started in 2015.

02:33Back in Cardiff...

02:35..there are a lot of taxis and buses that run the area.

02:39It's a waste of time...

02:41..because I'm sure there are a lot of houses.

02:44With the Gwledig area being a part of the United Kingdom...

02:48..there's a lot in the strategy to invest in Wales.

02:52A good idea, according to this business.

02:55It won't be that big.

02:57We're going to spend...

02:59..depending on what goes on...

03:02..about £2,000 a week on diesel.

03:06So if we save £2,000 a litre...

03:10..over the week, over the month, over the year...

03:14..we'll keep up with the strategy.

03:17We want the strategy to be more than just a piece of paper...

03:22..that we're given.

03:24That it doesn't just go into a tick box.

03:28If there are suggestions...

03:30..strategies have been published in the paper.

03:33The time has come to ensure real change...

03:37..with the Gwledig area's policies.

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