Commenting on the Welsh Government draft budget announcement today, Shavanah Taj, Wales TUC General Secretary said:
“These brutal cuts are the consequence of 13 years of Tory mismanagement of the UK economy. We’ve endured years of austerity and underinvestment under a rotating cast of incapable Conservative Prime Ministers. They’ve repeatedly failed Wales, starved our public services of funding and left workers poorer.
“Wales needs a fair deal on funding and it’s blindingly obvious it will not get one under the current Conservative government. The Welsh Government has been left with the unenviable task of trying to find a fair way forward in impossible circumstances.
“Workers will naturally be worried about what these cuts will mean for them, for their services and the knock-on impact on the wider economy. Trade unions across Wales will be working flat-out in the coming days and weeks to do all they can to provide security and support to their members.”
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