Making Work Pay II

Just caught up with an excellent report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation highlighted on the This is My Truth blog. Providing good quality jobs, at decent wages, with the necessary childcare provided is critical to improving the economy of the Valleys. We clearly are nowhere near that with recent figures reporting that there were 82 job seekers for each job vacancy in the Cynon Valley. There also needs to be, as I've argued before, clear financial benefits for those returning to work after a period out of employment.