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WELSH nationalists accused Labour and the Tories today of a fiscal consensus on the economy that will hold Wales back.

Plaid Cymru was pitching itself as the real alternative to Conservative policies for Wales and claimed Labour offered “little more than a change of branding.”

The Welsh nationalist party’s Treasury spokesman, Ben Lake, criticised both Labour and the Tories for having the same economic policies with Labour sticking to Conservative spending plans.

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