The Wales Governance Centre has quite thoroughly dissected this announcement and the TL/DR is that even with this announced investment it doesn’t compare to the commensurate funding Wales misses out on by HS2 being classified an England and Wales project
At this point it’s like they’re actively trying to make the least positive impact possible while making themselves look as shit as they can.
Better than nothing I suppose. People will still complain though.
Does this even offset the economic impact of England’s far greater proportional funding?
tinkering round the edges with whst is essentiallyspare change. until billions are committed to a north south rail and / or enhanced road link Wales will remain in the dark ages when it comes to transport
“We are helping Wales by investing in their railways, don’t think too hard about what happened to the HS2 money they were already owed though”
When just the north of England is getting £15billion alone, and our trains and the service in wales is extremely sub par, with some journeys meaning you would be adding hours onto a journey than if you were driving, it’s diabolical. We contributed £5 billion to HS2, which is nothing to do with us, yet our basic travel is completely sidelined even though it’s not fit for purpose. Westminster never has been or never will be on the side of Wales.
Ah yes this will make up for the 5bn we should have had for HS2!
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The Wales Governance Centre has quite thoroughly dissected this announcement and the TL/DR is that even with this announced investment it doesn’t compare to the commensurate funding Wales misses out on by HS2 being classified an England and Wales project
[https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/wales-fiscal-analysis-immediate-response-to-rail-funding-announcement-for-wales/](https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales/wales-fiscal-analysis-immediate-response-to-rail-funding-announcement-for-wales/)
At this point it’s like they’re actively trying to make the least positive impact possible while making themselves look as shit as they can.
Better than nothing I suppose. People will still complain though.
Does this even offset the economic impact of England’s far greater proportional funding?
tinkering round the edges with whst is essentiallyspare change. until billions are committed to a north south rail and / or enhanced road link Wales will remain in the dark ages when it comes to transport
“We are helping Wales by investing in their railways, don’t think too hard about what happened to the HS2 money they were already owed though”
When just the north of England is getting £15billion alone, and our trains and the service in wales is extremely sub par, with some journeys meaning you would be adding hours onto a journey than if you were driving, it’s diabolical. We contributed £5 billion to HS2, which is nothing to do with us, yet our basic travel is completely sidelined even though it’s not fit for purpose. Westminster never has been or never will be on the side of Wales.
Ah yes this will make up for the 5bn we should have had for HS2!
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