FIRST MINISTER Mark Drakeford took to social media today to say that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Budget contained no new money for Wales the day after the Senedd approved the Welsh government’s budget.

The budget for Wales is £1.3 billion less than when it was set in 2021 because of inflation and will lead to cuts to public services across Wales.

Mr Drakeford said the chancellor had only mentioned previously announced schemes, along with tax cuts that make little difference to those most in need.

“Nothing announced by the chancellor changes the fact that real incomes will not have risen at all during this parliament,” Mr Drakeford said. 

The GMB union welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement for £160 million to purchase a site at Wylfa on Anglesey for a nuclear power station.

GMB national secretary Andy Prendergast said: “In a Budget that failed to set out the investment that our public services and critical industries like steel are crying out for, securing the Wylfa site represents the lone glimmer of positivity.”