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The Budget

It is not just in my constituency; it also applies to the constituency of the Under-Secretary of State for Wales, the hon. Member for Clwyd West. He shares exactly the same problems in Colwyn Bay as I have in Rhyl, and he is making a bad job worse. Turning to the final section on help for young people. The future jobs fund created 450 jobs in my constituency for young people between 18 and 25 over a one-year period. Of those on the future jobs fund, so far 50% have got employment and 10% to 20% have gone into education. It costs £6,500 to turn a young person’s life around, from one of idleness and getting involved in crime and negative pathways, to something positive. A sum of £6,500. How much is spent by Tories on educating and turning around the lives of their children? Eton costs £30,000 a year. However, £6,500 for a young lad or lass on a council estate in Rhyl is too much for them. It is one rule for the rich and one for the poor.