First Minister Announces £60m Project To Help 20,000 Back Into Work

First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, announced on 3 March 2008 that a new £60 million project to help more than 20,000 unemployed people in West Wales and the Valleys into work has been given the go-ahead for Convergence funding. He said: 'I am pleased to announce that the Assembly Government will be investing around £60 million, including £30 million from the European Social Fund, in the Convergence area to help up to 22,500 unemployed and economically inactive adults and young people gain the appropriate skills to move into employment'.

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