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Labour's Budget will 'feel like austerity to many' in Wales
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves holds up her ministerial red box, as she poses for the media outside 11 Downing Street, London, before delivering her Budget in the Houses of Parliament, October 30, 2024
LABOUR’S Budget will “feel like austerity to many” in Wales, Plaid Cymru said today.
The party’s Treasury spokesman Ben Lake said that Chancellor Rachel Reeves “missed an opportunity to chart a bold new path,” with the Budget falling short of the promises made during the general election.
Ms Reeves said the Welsh government would get an extra £1.7 billion in April in what she called the “largest real-terms funding increase since devolution.”
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