The Cardiff region city deal is not projected to create 30,000 jobs. The official target was 25,000 new jobs over 20 years? The Cardiff Capital Region City Deal was formally signed on March 15, 2016.
25 years and Rhondda Cynon Taf Council pays approximately £1 million per year as their contribution to the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) City Deal.
The latest labour market statistics for Wales, covering August 2025, revealed that Wales’ unemployment rate has risen again to 4.9%, compared with a 4.8% UK unemployment figure.
Wales continues to have the highest economic inactivity rate in Britain.
The Welsh Conservatives have criticised Labour’s punitive taxation measures.
Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Energy, Samuel Kurtz MS said:
“These statistics are unacceptable; Wales urgently needs a pro-growth economic strategy, which we aren’t getting from Labour, propped up by Plaid and the Lib Dems.
“It’s clear that only the Welsh Conservatives have a credible, costed plan to cut taxes and lift unnecessary burdens from our drivers of economic growth: hardworking people and businesses.
“The Welsh Conservatives want to see Wales open for business. We would abolish Welsh Stamp Duty, cut income tax, scrap business rates for small firms and cut them for our town centres.”
Employment, unemployment and economic inactivity in Rhondda Cynon Taf
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