'Urgent Clarity' Call as Scotland Left Out While Labour Gifts £500m to Wales

'Urgent clarity' call as Scotland left out while Labour gifts £500m to Wales

The Scottish Government insists it needs “urgent clarity” from Westminster over whether ministers at Holyrood will receive additional cash after a funding boost of more than £500 million was given to Wales.

Scotland 'missing half-a-billion pounds' as Labour give Welsh ministers £550m

THE Labour Government has “short-changed” Scotland after handing more than £500 million to the Wales without a penny for an equivalent Scottish fund, the Deputy First Minister has said ...

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes challenges Labour on Scotland’s missing half a billion

Questions to answer for Alexander on local growth funding Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has written to Douglas Alexander on Scotland’s missing half-a-billion pounds– after £547 million of Local Growth Funding was confirmed for the Welsh Labour Government to manage and distribute, with no equivalent funding for the Scottish Government. Writing to the Secretary of State for Scotland today, Kate Forbes posed a series of questions on the funding…

Labour lacks the courage to take bold action for Wales - state Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru's Westminster Leader has criticised Labour's focus on constitutional matters over vital Welsh needs.