Labour and Plaid Cymru Strike £300m Government Budget Deal

Labour and Plaid Cymru strike £300m government budget deal

The Labour Welsh Government has struck a £300m deal with Plaid Cymru to pass its £27bn spending plans for next year, with additional money for the…

Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru strike deal to pass 2026–27 budget

Rhun ap Iorwerth. Picture by Plaid Cymru, Eluned Morgan. Picture by the Welsh Government. The Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have reached a last-minute agreement to ensure the 2026–27 budget passes, securing almost £300m in additional investment for councils, the NHS and social care. Ministers said the agreement avoids the risk of the Senedd failing to pass a budget at all—an outcome that could have triggered severe financial disruption across…

£300m boost for NHS and councils in Welsh budget rollover

The Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru have reached an agreement which will allow the budget for 2026-27 to pass and secures almost £300m of additional investment in Wales’ public service.

Labour and Plaid Cymru strike £300m budget deal

The budget agreement will allow the Welsh Government’s final budget for 2026/27 to pass through the Senedd in January, averting a potential crisis for public finances.

Plaid steps in to save Labour budget - £300m deal secures Senedd vote

Labour short of votes, Plaid delivers lifeline Labour is two votes short of a Senedd majority and could not pass the budget alone. The agreement with Plaid avoids the risk of no budget being passed at all — a scenario ministers warned could have led to “catastrophic cuts” to public services. The deal was sketched out in the days before the announcement, with Plaid pushing hard for more money for health and local government. What the deal deliver…

Council funding to rise under Welsh Government and Plaid budget deal

Councils in Wales will receive at least a four per cent funding boost from April after a deal was struck between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru to push the budget through the Senedd.