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Politics
George Thompson

Welsh Tories accused of having ‘given up’ after leader misses vote to go to US

Darren Millar came under heavy criticism (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Archive)

Welsh Conservatives have been accused of having “given up”, after the party leader missed a vote on the Welsh Government’s draft budget to go to the US.

The Labour government in Wales won a tight vote on its draft budget in the Senedd on Tuesday, helped by Darren Millar, the leader of the Welsh Tories, and his colleague Russell George, missing the debate to go to a prayer meeting in the US.

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