Plaid wants HS2 cash before helping Labour budget

Plaid Cymru person Rhun ap Iorwerth has said the Welsh Labour authorities needs to unafraid just backing for Wales - including for HS2 precocious velocity obstruction - earlier his enactment would see supporting its budget.

But helium said helium had not heard a "whisper" that was happening, accusing Labour's Welsh authorities of "given up connected lasting up for Wales" to debar embarrassing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

Labour needs the backing of astatine slightest 1 different enactment to get its spending plans done the Senedd.

His comments came connected the 2nd time of his party’s league successful Cardiff.

Plaid Cymru wanted to usage the lawsuit astatine the Principality Stadium to look up to the 2026 Senedd election, portraying itself arsenic a authorities successful waiting.

Its person had told enactment members that the ballot volition beryllium a existent accidental to alteration Wales.

But the lawsuit was marred by a enactment implicit the archetypal refusal of the person of Gwynedd's assembly to apologise to the victims of the paedophile headteacher Neil Foden, which led to the resignation of four of his furniture members.

Dyfrig Siencyn has been nether unit to discontinue since his interrogation with Newyddion S4C. He reversed his stance and apologised successful a connection from Cyngor Gwynedd a time later.

Meanwhile enactment members backed a question to telephone for a boycott of Israel implicit the warfare successful Gaza.

Labour has 30 seats successful the Senedd and needs the assistance of astatine slightest 1 absorption person to get its spending plans agreed. That usually means Labour ministers person to onslaught a deal.

Plaid Cymru argues that Wales should beryllium funded done a needs-based formula, and not the Barnett system, which is based connected population.

Ap Iorwerth criticised the Welsh authorities for its caller £350m appraisal of however overmuch it thinks is owed to Wales from the High Speed 2 (HS2) line. Ministers had argued successful the past that it was worthy billions.

The task is designated an England and Wales scheme, meaning the Welsh authorities receives nary further currency arsenic a result, contempt nary of the railway reaching Wales.

"Welsh authorities isn't adjacent asking present for what Wales is owed, and that tells you everything you request to cognize astir the mode Labour successful powerfulness successful Wales is short-changing Wales," said ap Iorwerth.

"They telephone it a concern successful power, thing that volition present for Wales.

"So if they privation to travel to the array and accidental we tin present connected HS2 backing and just backing and connected devolution of powers implicit the Crown Estate, let's talk.

"I'm not seeing immoderate susurration that that's happening."

Welsh authorities ministers person been making the lawsuit to their Labour colleagues successful the UK authorities for accrued railway funding.

At the Council of Nations and Regions connected Friday, First Minister Eluned Morgan said she did not expect to spot other wealth for HS2 successful Chancellor Rachel Reeves's fund this month.

"We request much clip for that," she said.

Separately connected Saturday, Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd (MS) Luke Fletcher acceptable retired the party's plans to turn the Welsh economy.

He said a Plaid Cymru authorities would found a caller nationalist improvement agency, betterment Wales' improvement bank, and betterment concern rates for tiny and medium-sized businesses.

He said: “A Plaid Cymru authorities volition get to work, from time one, connected fixing those captious foundations of our economy."

The afloat interrogation with Rhun ap Iorwerth tin beryllium seen connected BBC Politics Wales astatine 10:00 BST connected Sunday 13 October, oregon on iPlayer aft broadcast.