The latest figures on infrastructure
investment (in England) suggest that the Westminster Government still remains
entirely fixated by the old pre-devolutionary idea that "all roads lead to
London". Infrastructure investment
in London alone is three times the entire Welsh budget, something that speaks
volumes about the Tory Government and Westminster’s priorities.
Plaid fought the last election on a
platform of seeking to rebalance power and wealth throughout the nations of
these islands and remains committed to this vision to make sure that people
everywhere will feel the benefits of a genuine economic recovery. Here in Wales, we have a tired visionless
Labour administration, which is only making the situation in Wales worse. Only
Plaid can and will offer people a strong government and an ambitious plan for
the Welsh economy next May.
The
Chancellor must use the upcoming Autumn Statement to legislate on
investment that will leave no part of the UK behind. We need an
Economic Fairness Bill, as proposed by Plaid Cymru, which would prioritise
disadvantaged areas for investment, which would address the UK's growing
inequality and end the low-wage, low-prospect status of many areas in Wales and
beyond. It remains unacceptable that Wales is repeatedly treated as a
second-class nation by Westminster.
A Plaid Cymru Welsh government in Wales
(after next May) would roll out plans to invest in infrastructure in all
corners of our country, not just a few miles of the M4 as proposed by the
current Labour administration. Plaid is committed to a genuine Wales-wide
recovery, which reflects a greater and long overdue rebalancing of wealth
throughout the UK.
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