James Evans MS warns jobs are at risk due to government policies

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Jobs are under threat in his constituency because of government policies, James Evans told the First Minister today. The Brecon and Radnorshire MS said at the Senedd that many of them, and their employees, feel under attack. Video from Senedd.tv

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00:00jobs to help them with that building process. James Evans. Bill Claret. First Minister, I just

00:08heard your answer but many small businesses in my constituency and their employees feel under

00:13attack with the rise from the national insurance from 15 to 15 percent, the lowering of the earning

00:19threshold and the highest business rates in the whole of the United Kingdom and the proposed

00:25visitor levy by this government adding further pressure. First Minister, do you not accept

00:30that these policies that are being driven here in Cardiff and in Westminster by the Labour

00:37Party risk pushing small businesses to the wall resulting in closures and job losses for

00:43many people across the country? I've been inundated during recess actually with people very concerned

00:49about the future of their jobs so I'll be very interested in what further work you're

00:52doing to stand up to the UK Government and actually stand up for Welsh businesses here

00:57in our country.

00:58Well thanks very much. I just want to make it clear that we are very pro-business in terms

01:04of the Welsh Government. We know that that's where jobs come from and we're keen in particular

01:10to see small businesses thrive and as I mentioned £335 million worth of support is no small amount

01:18of money. One of the biggest threats at the moment frankly in relation to small businesses, several

01:24sorts of small businesses in Wales is the threat from US tariffs and the impact on Wales will be

01:31significant. This is something that I've already discussed with Keir Starmer and something that because

01:40the export balance in Wales is mostly about goods whereas in England it's more about services so

01:49the impact on us from these tariffs are likely to be greater than they are in England.

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