The latest labour market statistics for Wales, covering September 2025, revealed that Wales’ unemployment rate has risen again to 5.7%, levels not seen since 2015 and a considerable rise on last month’s 4.9%. Wales’ employment figures have also fallen and Wales continues to have the highest economic inactivity rate in Great Britain. The Welsh Conservatives…
In the Senedd today, Labour and Plaid Cymru Senedd Members voted against a Welsh Conservative Senedd motion outlining our plan to fix Wales’s economy, by creating more jobs and boosting growth. This includes delivering an income tax cut, scrapping business rates for small businesses, and axing the tourism tax before it comes into force. The…
Unemployment rises to 5% in Wales, highest in 5 years Commenting on today’s Welsh unemployment statistics, Welsh Conservative Shadow Economy Minister, Paul Davies MS said: Unemployment has risen again in Labour-run Wales “Unemployment has risen again in Labour-run Wales, to the highest it’s been in 5 years and the sharpest rise in the last year…
