Re: Meanwhile in Wales
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2025 10:26 pm
by Killer Whale
Hmmm... Most of the South Wales Metro funding came from either Wales or the EU. Westminster's not going to be paying the EU share of that kind of thing again. Not when it can build a railway from London to Birmingham and pretend that it's an EnglandandWales project.
Re: Meanwhile in Wales
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2025 10:42 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
It is an England-Wales project though, because rail isn't devolved to Wales like it is to Scotland. There's no such thing as an England rail project. Admittedly the impression given by Labour in opposition that a load of Barnett consequentials were due was, to say the least, not very helpful.
Wales is more like a more powerful metro mayoralty than Scotland. There's about £200m from Westminster for the South Wales Metro, you're right, a small proportion.