Plaid Cymru demand for ‘fair share’ from HS2 voted down

Plaid Cymru demand for ‘fair share’ from HS2 voted down

The Senedd rejected Plaid Cymru's call to demand HS2 be redesignated as an England-only project to unlock billions of pounds of consequential funding for Wales.

Rail injustice runs deeper than HS2. Wales has been robbed for decades

In this opinion piece, Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorwerth accuses Labour of betraying its promises

Plaid Cymru calls for ‘fair share’ from HS2 voted down in Senedd

he Senedd rejected Plaid Cymru calls to demand HS2 be redesignated as an England-only project to unlock billions of pounds of consequential funding for Wales. Senedd members voted 42-12 against a Plaid Cymru motion on HS2, a high-speed railway from London to Birmingham, following a debate on March 12. The project was classified as a […]

‘High Speed 2: Unfinished business’

Describing HS2 as “a reputational risk to the UK” will surely hit close to home for many, writes GE's editor Nia Kajastie.

Plaid Cymru demand for ‘fair share’ from HS2 voted down | West Wales Chronicle : News for Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Swansea and Beyond

The Senedd rejected Plaid Cymru calls to demand HS2 be redesignated as an England-only project to unlock billions of pounds of consequential funding for Wales.   Senedd members voted 42-12 against a Plaid Cymru motion on HS2, a high-speed railway from London to Birmingham, following a debate on March 12. The project was classified as a Wales-and-England project in 2015 by David Cameron’s UK Government despite not an inch of track crossing the bo…

Wales has lost £431m in HS2 funding so far, says Welsh Government

Finance and Welsh language secretary Mark Drakeford Martin Shipton Cabinet Secretary for Finance Mark Drakeford has produced detailed workings-out that show Wales has been robbed of £431m so far because of the decision to classify HS2 as an “England and Wales” rail project. The UK Government has so far refused to budge from this position, even though the route – whose first phase will go from London to Birmingham – is entirely in England. If HS2…