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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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Peter Fox MS

Wales needs a government that will reduce tax burden on people and businesses

After watching that disappointing performance from the boys last weekend at the Principality, my thoughts turned to the even greater travesty of the latest Welsh budget from Labour. Like our Six Nations display, the draft budget was a phenomenal missed opportunity.

Labour’s decision to cut health and education spending in real terms was a tremendous mistake that will do nothing to cement Wales’ comeback.

Before we look at these decisions in more detail, we must firstly dispel the myth that the Labour Government perpetuate, day-in, day-out, that unpopular decisions made in their budget is entirely the fault of the UK Government.

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