Mark Drakeford gave an emotional defence of the Welsh Government's policy to include young asylum seekers in their basic income trial.
The First Minister clashed with Tory leader Andrew RT Davies during an exchange in the Senedd. Mr Davies had accused him of prioritising the needs of asylum seekers over the NHS. This row comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accused Welsh Labour of handing cash to illegal migrants through the Welsh Government’s basic income trial.
The Conservative leader, who has been increasingly vocal on Twitter in his views on "wokeness", asked Mr Drakeford: "Do you agree with me that that needs to be a key priority, and what isn't a priority for the Government is to seek to pay the £1,600 to people who have not had settled status in this country and act as a pull factor to line the pockets of people smugglers on the other side of the channel?"
