Welsh Labour proposing to give young asylum seekers £1600 a month and taxpayers money to fight deportation…

What is your source?

Google it, it's true!

Drakeford has evidently gone mad.

I Googled and saw pieces from The Sun, The Express and the Mail, oh and a twitter account named "Toryboypierce"

Think they might be a tiny bit biased perhaps??

Is it true?

Nothing DippyDrakeford does is a surprise.
He couldn't even run a bath.

But that's double what people get for their state pension... and much more than unemployment benefit for most.. what is he hoping to achieve?

LadyGracie

Nothing DippyDrakeford does is a surprise.
He couldn't even run a bath.

I have no doubt that he takes a shower, as it’s more environmentally friendly.
I’m proud to live in a country where we have a FM who cares.

It's not Drakeford 's baby.

You might all want to get past the indignant pouting and find out do what the real story is. Not what the Daily Mail tells you it is.

volver3

It's not Drakeford 's baby.

You might all want to get past the indignant pouting and find out do what the real story is. Not what the Daily Mail tells you it is.

Come on now volver3, you know that doesn’t fit the narrative!

It’s not just the above mentioned.

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/wales-basic-income-trial-how-24333095

So it is actually aimed at care leavers. It sounds a very good idea, also a good idea to have a trial period so that results can be assessed.
The right wing headlines are just a silly emphasis to stir people up.
Care leavers need all the help they can get, and if that included some refugee children who have been in care, then yes, Wales can indeed be proud of their Government.

Well that makes much more sense...

MerylStreep

It’s not just the above mentioned.

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/wales-basic-income-trial-how-24333095

Thanks for this Meryl - the plot is now thinning and not thickening

Casdon

LadyGracie

Nothing DippyDrakeford does is a surprise.
He couldn't even run a bath.

I have no doubt that he takes a shower, as it’s more environmentally friendly.
I’m proud to live in a country where we have a FM who cares.

Cares so much about his own pensioners. Obviously not. The man is a fool.

I seem to remember this being discussed a while ago? Once the indignation and fuss had died down, it turned out to be an admirable scheme to help young care leavers.

www.gov.wales/wales-pilots-basic-income-scheme

Sounds as if a few right wing journalists found an old article.

Giving young care leavers a helping hand is not what’s being discussed here.

As I understand it, the plan is to put young migrants on the same footing as young care leavers, who have been getting these payments for a while, and for this income to be ignored for legal aid purposes when fighting deportation.

Happy for all who live in Wales being pleased that asylum seekers are going to get all that money! Am guessing there’ll be loads in Wales not at all happy about it tho.

When you compare it with state pension and benefits …

Pensions are not devolved they are in the control of the DWP who we all know is Westminster based .Not a thing Mr Drakeford can do about them !

Mr Drakeford can do something about not coming forward with nutty ideas tho.

Perhaps all you who are happy for throwing money away on potty ideas, wonder where all this went

Welsh Government account mismanagement loses £155 million of funding
27 Mar 2023 — People across Wales have lost out on £155.5 million of public funding due to “poor account

volver3

It's not Drakeford 's baby.

You might all want to get past the indignant pouting and find out do what the real story is. Not what the Daily Mail tells you it is.

Far too logical and there's always the risk (god forbid) it's not true. Where's the controversy and pearl clutching potential in that?