Calls to Overhaul Rail Funding Allocations as Wales 'Denied Billions'

The UK Government has to deliver £4bn of rail investment in Wales

Transport expert Professor Mark Barry of Cardiff University makes the case for UK rail enhancement investment in Wales to help address years of under investment out to 2040

Treasury decision to deny rail money to Wales causes outrage

Calls to overhaul rail funding allocations as Wales 'denied billions'

Plaid Cymru MP Ben Lake has argued that Wales is being denied billions of pounds in investment due to the UK Government’s classification of major…

MP accuses government of rail funding bias as £6.6bn project excludes Wales

David Chadwick calls for rail powers to be devolved to Wales after confirmation East-West Rail brings no funding uplift WELSH Liberal Democrat MP David Chadwick has criticised the UK Government after it confirmed that Wales will receive no additional funding from the £6.6 billion East-West Rail scheme, which runs entirely between Oxford and Cambridge in England. Mr Chadwick uncovered the detail through a written parliamentary question answered b…

MP calls for devolved rail powers after 'shocking' £6.6bn project delivers nothing for Wales

The decision follows a pattern of major rail projects (including HS2) being wrongly classed as “England and Wales” schemes, meaning Wales is denied the funding it would otherwise receive through the Barnett formula. The classification was revealed by local Liberal Democrat MP David Chadwick following a written question in Parliament, which was answered by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport Simon Lightwood. Speaking in the H…

The £4bn of rail investment that the UK Government needs to fund in Wales

Transport expert Professor Mark Barry of Cardiff University makes the case for UK rail enhancement investment in Wales to help address years of under investment out to 2040