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Plaid Cymru debate hears calls to devolve welfare claim system
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by David Nicholson
in Llanelli

 

TODAY’S Plaid Cymru debate on poverty in Wales heard calls for the welfare claim system to be devolved.

Senedd Member Sionedd Williams led the debate and said the party should focus on measures that the Welsh government could do to help families.

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