Commenting on the latest labour market statistics for Wales covering the 3 months up to February 2024 revealing a significant rise in economic inactivity and a significant fall in employment compared with the rest of the UK, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives said:
“It is shameful that we continue to see a rising disparity in participation in our economy between Labour-run Wales and the rest of the UK.
“After 25 years of Labour governments, the employment rate is collapsing, as pay packets lag behind other parts of the UK and economic inactivity soars.
“The Welsh Conservatives want to see the Labour Government’s focus shift to growing the Welsh economy, with more jobs for the people of Wales, not more jobs for politicians in Cardiff Bay.”
