Extra cash for Wales’ railways ‘top priority’ for Welsh Secretary after HS2 row Wales’ rail settlement is “not good enough”, Jo Stevens has said, as she insisted she would fight for as much cash to fix the situation as possible.
Ms Stevens said she had been working with the Welsh Government’s transport minister Ken Skates, and the Department for Transport in Westminster, and had “agreed a direction of travel” which she hoped would “deliver new rail investment for Wales”.
Speaking at the Welsh Affairs Committee for the first time since taking up her role as Secretary of State, Ms Stevens said she wanted to be “perfectly frank” about Wales’ rail settlement.
The Welsh Secretary could not reveal how much Wales will get to invest in its trains, but said she was making representations to the Treasury for “sustainable funding”.
Welsh politicians have complained that the country has lost out over the HS2 project, for which Wales received no additional money.
