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A HS2 worker standing in front of tunnel boring machine Karen at the Old Oak Common station box site during preparations for completing the 4.5 mile HS2 tunnelling to London Euston, December 2, 2024
WELSH nationalists are due to force a vote in the Senedd on Wednesday on full consequential funding of the HS2 high speed rail link.
The assembly will debate and vote on a Plaid Cymru motion calling on the Welsh Labour government to support the redesignation of HS2 from London to Birmingham as an England-only project.
This would entitle Wales to consequential funding for its own infrastructure projects, with the motion calling on the Welsh government to seek appropriate redress from Westminster.
Plaid MS Peredur Owen Griffiths said: “We have no HS2 cash and, on top of that, our railways will still be underfunded to the tune of up to £5 billion between 2019 and 2029.
“Plaid Cymru is bringing this motion to the Senedd to demand that Labour in Wales takes a stand.
“To stand up for Wales, to stand up for fair funding, to stand up to their bosses in London, all of which they have failed to do over the last seven months.”
