Data on Wales’ economy “isn’t pretty reading”, a Conservative former Welsh secretary has warned. Stephen Crabb, who chairs the Welsh Affairs Committee, told MPs that Wales’ economy had not bounced back from the pandemic while it had done in England.
He suggested the devolved Labour administration in Cardiff may be responsible, and called for the Westminster Government to give a “laser-like focus” to boosting economic growth in the nation.
Mr Crabb, who served as Wales secretary between 2014 and 2016, told the Commons: “The most recent data isn’t pretty reading as far as the Welsh economy is concerned. The Welsh economy still hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels unlike in England and unemployment in Wales is going up unlike elsewhere in the UK.
