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Will Hayward

Welsh Government facing services cuts 'worse than during austerity'

Services in Wales are going to have to be cut according to the Welsh Government.

Speaking at a press conference today, economy minister Vaughan Gething said Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng had "ignored" public services and that Wales faces the "most severe reductions to our budgets" since 1999. In the press conference Mr Gething was announcing £1.8m of funding for projects that would promote Wales ahead of the upcoming World Cup.

"The mini budget worsens the pressures on our budget as public services were ignored by the Chancellor," said Mr Gething. "There was no fresh OBR forecast last week but we have examined analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and new independent forecasts published by the UK Treasury to measure the impact.

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