The Numbers that Matter...: Those that worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic see their efforted ignored by Boris....

Another black day yesterday for the multitude of hard working people in the UK, shafted again by this out of touch, self serving and in some ways corrupt Tory Government. On one hand offer the most pitiful of salary increase imaginable and on the other increase the contributions for National Insurance from April next year wiping out any increase in the hourly rate.

In addition to the NHS staff, Social Care employees and all those that got us through the dark times they also plan to add the NI contributions to those working past retirement age… As it has always been the case the working class and those on the pitiful National Living Wage will suffer the consequences of an inept and thoughtless bunch of amateurs that supposedly run this country…

Add the plan to remove the £20 UC uplift from those that are already poverty stricken and you have a country that whilst still suffering the effects of the pandemic will be relying on the goodwill of families, handouts and food banks until sense is seen and this Tory Government is shown the door…

This morning a large percentage of Social Care staff will be attending work for wages that are below the Living Wage, the Social Care Sector will not benefit for another 18 months. It will keep the working class exactly where this Tory bunch of failures wants them to be, struggling to live and survive whilst giving their brilliant best at the work that they do day in day out.

2669 new cases of coronavirus have been reported by PHW bringing the total cases to 298,979. There were 10 coronavirus deaths reported by PHW so the total number of deaths has risen to 5,712. The infection rate in Wales is now 481.2 per 100,000 people up from 469 on Tuesday. For more information on the Covid figures released today go to Wales Online...

The area with the highest infection rate in Wales is Merthyr Tydfil with 782.4 followed by Swansea with 676.5 and Neath Port Talbot with 661.5 cases per 100,000. The numbers in Hywel Dda Health Board appear to be rising every day, 368 new cases reported today, 249 in Carmarthenshire, 77 in Pembrokeshire and 42 in Ceredigion.

Covid-19 vaccine update: 2,363,623 people in Wales have now had their first dose of the vaccine. 2,194,075 people in Wales are now fully vaccinated.

Today’s numbers of new Covid cases in the Local Authorities of Wales…