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Plaid Cymru leader to attack Tory funding cuts to Wales in party conference speech
Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth [Plaid Cymru / Creative Commons]

PLAID CYMRU leader Rhun ap Iorwerth will attack the Conservative party in Westminster in his party conference speech today.

Mr ap Iorwerth will highlight the Tory’s funding cuts to Wales, saying that they have taken out “£1 billion from the Welsh economy due to welfare cuts.”

He is addressing his party conference in Aberystwyth for the first time since becoming leader in July.

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