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Plaid plan for new Bill for fair funding for Wales
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth [Plaid Cymru / Creative Commons]

NATIONALIST leader Rhun ap Iorwerth set out a five-point plan tonight to achieve economic and social prosperity for Wales, including new Westminster legislation for fair funding.

Plaid Cymru’s leader demanded the scrapping of the Barnett formula for devolved funding and an economic fairness Bill for Wales to rebalance Britain’s wealth.

“Consign the outdated Barnett Formula to the history books,” he said.

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