According to the Welsh Fiscal Analysis report, the Labour Government has failed to spend £655 million of funding provided by the UK Government to tackle the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Andrew RT Davies – the Leader of the Welsh Conservatives in the Senedd – has described this as “scandalous”, and called for Labour to make an immediate statement on its intentions for the money, which is approaching two-thirds of a billion pounds, saying:
“People in Wales will rightly be shocked at the findings of the report that show a scandalous £655m is still sitting waiting to be spent as we remain in the grip of this wretched pandemic.
“Businesspeople, especially in the SME and hospitality sectors, who have seen trade dry up quite literally overnight in some cases, will find it hard to fathom that Labour is hoarding this amount of cash when it should be allocated and spent to protect both Welsh lives and livelihoods, and not be handed out as a sweetener as we approach the Senedd election in May.
“A failure on this scale by a government is unforgivable.”
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