Wales to get rail funding boost after being ‘hard done by’, says First Minister The UK Government has recognised Wales has been “hard done by” and will provide new funding for rail, the Welsh First Minister said.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales on Wednesday, Baroness Morgan, the Labour leader of the Welsh Government, said: “For the first time, the UK Government has recognised that we have been underfunded.
HS2 has caused tensions in Wales since it was first announced, with the scheme having been designated an England and Wales project despite no track being laid in the latter country.
Eluned Morgan announced that Wales will get extra cash to fund rail projects after UK ministers admitted Welsh railways were underfunded.
Politicians in Wales have complained that the country has lost out over the HS2 project, for which Wales received no additional funding.
