Labour duo welcome stability Budget for uncertain times

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Regional Assembly Members Joyce Watson and Eluned Morgan, today welcomed the publication of the Welsh Labour Government’s draft budget.
The budget is aimed at protecting core services and helping to deliver Welsh Labours programme for Government, “Taking Wales Forward”, as well as Welsh Labour’s ambitious manifesto commitments.
The Budget has been drafted against the backdrop of considerable fiscal uncertainty, which has resulted from successive years of Tory cuts to the Welsh Government’s budget. The outcome of the EU referendum has compounded this, with uncertainty about the impact on UK public finances and the Welsh budget in the longer-term.
The Labour Assembly Members for Mid and West Wales have joined the Welsh Labour Government in pressing the Tories to re-think their harsh austerity agenda.
Joyce Watson said “This budget provides stability for local services in Mid and West Wales and across Wales as a whole.”
“I stood on an exciting set of pledges at this year’s Assembly elections, pledges that will make a real difference to the people’s lives. I am delighted that this budget marks another step forward in meeting our ambitions over this Assembly for 100,000 new all age apprenticeships, the best childcare support in the UK and delivering business rate relief for small firms.”
Eluned Morgan said, “Tory policies in Westminster are making life very difficult for the Welsh Government. Despite this the Welsh Government has kept its commitment to invest in schools and hospitals. In the Assembly this week I asked the Cabinet Secretary for Finance about the impact Brexit will have on Wales. The Westminster government has absolutely no strategy for Brexit. They continue to slash budgets. I am joining with politicians from devolved institutions from across the UK and calling upon them to end this failed austerity experiment.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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