LABOUR ARE NOT EVEN TRYING

Plaid Cymru have revealed that there has been no official correspondence between UK and Welsh Government on East West Rail

A recent Plaid Cymru FOI request has confirmed that there has been no official correspondence between the Welsh Government and the UK Government regarding the reclassification of the East West Rail project.

The response to the FOI request, which requested ‘all ministerial correspondence’ on the reclassification of East-West rail, revealed that the information ‘is not held by the Welsh Government’.

Since the revelation that the UK Labour Government have re-classified the East West rail project, Plaid Cymru have consistently made the case that the Labour Welsh Government is taking Wales for granted on the issue - given that they have failed to challenge Keir Starmer’s decision to ‘take money away from Wales’.

The Labour UK Government decision to reclassify the rail project between Oxford and Cambridge as a ‘England and Wales project’ means that Wales will lose the Barnett consequential funding for the project, projected to be around £360 million in this new spending review period.

Plaid Cymru’s transport spokesperson, Peredur Owen Griffiths has accused the Labour Welsh Government of prioritising party loyalties over fighting for ‘the millions of pounds that Wales is owed’.

Plaid Cymru transport spokesperson, Peredur Owen Griffiths, said:

“The Labour UK Government have chosen to take hundreds of millions away from Wales by reclassifying East West rail as an ‘England and Wales’ project – and this FOI only further confirms that Labour in Wales have chosen to do nothing about it.

“Geography dictates that this project won't benefit Wales - it’s yet another blatant example of how we’re being denied the funding that we’re owed.

“We were told that two Labour governments would mean a ‘partnership in power’ delivering for Wales. Yet, when Keir Starmer actively, consciously, takes money away from us, Labour in Wales is silent – in another case of putting party loyalties and their Westminster bosses before the people of Wales.

“At risk of rocking the Labour boat, it appears that Eluned Morgan won’t even send an email to ask for the millions of pounds that Wales is owed.

“Time’s up for this Welsh Labour Government that has taken Wales for granted for far too long. 2026 offers the people of Wales a chance to elect a government that will be relentless in standing up for Wales – that is a Plaid Cymru Government."

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