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Funding squeeze limits transport opportunities from Welsh and Labour harmony

Rhodri Clark
19 July 2024
Ken Skates: Given the current financial challenges, the introduction of bus franchising does not assume any uplift in total funding to bus
Ken Skates: Given the current financial challenges, the introduction of bus franchising does not assume any uplift in total funding to bus

 

The Labour Welsh Government is naturally enthusiastic about the potential for co-working with the Labour UK Government, but signs of expectation management emerged before the general election as Labour looked almost certain to win.

Cardiff Bay had evidently received the message from Rachel Reeves, then the shadow chancellor, that the cupboard was bare. This would affect a number of Welsh Government ambitions.

For example, “Given the current financial challenges, the introduction of bus...

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