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Cardiff Foodbanks
- December 18, 2013
- Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
- Category: News
No CommentsThe Trussel Trust runs a number of foodbanks in Cardiff and across the country, including two within Cardiff West. It claims the number of people receiving emergency food across the country tripled this summer compared to last year. Over 350,000 people received food between April and September. Christmas can be a time of acute financial
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Water Debt question in FMQs
- October 25, 2012
- Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
- Category: FMQs
Mark asked a question during First Minister’s Questions regarding the level of water debt in Wales on Tuesday 23rd October. Dydd Mawrth, 23 Hydref 2012 Tuesday, 23 October 2012 Mark Drakeford: A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog ddatganiad am lefel y ddyled dwr yng Nghymru. [Will the First Minister make a statement on the level
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MARK DRAKEFORD CALLS FOR CO-ORDINATED RESPONSE TO WELFARE CRISIS
- February 26, 2012
- Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
- Category: Press Release
A Cardiff Assembly Member has described the impact of the Government’s Welfare reforms as a crisis about to engulf our most disadvantaged people and communities. Cardiff West AM Mark Drakeford says that the worst of the cuts is still to come and he called for a new prominence to be given to the work going
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Individual member debate: Pay-day Loans
- January 24, 2012
- Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
- Category: News
Mark Drakeford: Diolch i bawb sydd wedi cyfrannu at y ddadl brynhawn yma. Mae’r cyfraniadau o bob rhan o’r Siambr wedi adlewyrchu pwysigrwydd y pwnc.
[I thank everyone who has contributed to today’s important debate. The contributions from all parts of the Chamber reflected the importance of this issue]
I hope that Members will forgive me if, given the number of people who have spoken in the debate, rather than trying to reply to the individual points raised, I attempt to highlight three common themes that I think have come from all sides of the Chamber and been raised regularly in our discussion. The first thing that has come through powerfully this afternoon is the predatory nature of pay-day loans—the way that they exploit the most vulnerable at points in their lives when they are most desperate and least likely to be able to seek proper advice. We have heard powerful evidence this afternoon of the impact this has on the lives of individuals and families.
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Local Government Questions: Tuesday 10th January 2012
- January 10, 2012
- Posted by: Mark Drakeford AM
- Category: News
Mark Drakeford: A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatganiad am waith Uned Benthyca Arian Anghyfreithlon Cymru
[Will the Minister make a statement on the work of the Wales Illegal Money Lending Unit]
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