The Bevan Foundation has said that the possible impact of cuts to welfare benefits on Wales has been described as ‘deeply worrying’ by Bevan Foundation Director Victoria Winckler.
A report published by Prof Steve Fothergill and colleagues at Sheffield Hallam University suggested that up to £430 million a year could be lost from the local economy, resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs as people have less to spend.
Commenting in the Western Mail Victoria Winckler said: “The findings are really worrying and are a double hit for the areas where a relatively high proportion of the population rely on benefits… The vast majority of people aren’t on benefits through choice but because they can’t get a job or are in low paid work. To damage the economy further just makes things even tougher.”
The article can be read here.