Responding to the First Minister’s comments on BBC Radio Wales this morning, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies MS said:
“It was quite rich to hear Mark Drakeford go on the radio this morning defending his Labour Government’s blanket 20mph default speed limit saying it was a small price to pay. He failed to mention that it will cost the Welsh economy £4.5 billion, reducing our ability to pay for core public services such as the Welsh NHS.
“But this isn’t a surprise when the First Minister hinted at cuts to the Welsh NHS. He admitted that he’s met with the four biggest spending areas – which includes health – so the big question is where is the Labour Government going to cut the Welsh NHS budget?
“We need urgent clarity from the First Minister that he will protect the Welsh NHS, making it clear that health won’t suffer because he’s have overstretched the budget once again by prioritising his vanity projects.
“I won’t hold out hope though – Labour in Wales have cut the health budget already this year, whilst failing to tackle inhumane two-year NHS waits.”