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Labour accused of offering ‘false hope’ to Welsh universities on emergency funding
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PLAID CYMRU accused Labour yesterday of offering universities “false hope” after appearing to withdraw its emergency fund promise.
Labour Further and Higher Education Minister Vikki Howells U-turned on her previous comments in the Senedd last month suggesting that an emergency fund would be available to bail out universities in a financial crisis.
Plaid Cymru education spokesman Cefin Campbell had asked the minister whether the Labour Welsh government was considering a “rescue package” for universities in Wales, similar to that being developed in England.
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