Squandered £4.7 M overseas offices, not forgetting £32 M on 20 mph, 36 more Senedd members £18M with each Senedd member earning a basic £72,057 a year doing? the list goes on Kung Fu lodge £1.6M, Cooking bus £5M, LG 15M, scrapped M4 scheme £114M causing major delays extra pollution. £7M for racetrack project never delivered; £15M lost on land deal. Do we need a change of Government?
Darren Millar MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, has criticised the Welsh Government’s wasteful expenditure of £4.684 million over 2024 maintaining 20 overseas offices, calling for their immediate closure and the redirection of funds to frontline services.
In a letter to the First Minister, Eluned Morgan, Darren Millar MS, highlighted the strain on public services across Wales and questioned how the Welsh Labour Government could justify such levels of spending on overseas offices when international relations remains the remit of the UK Government.
Commenting Darren Millar MS said:
“It is absolutely ridiculous that Welsh Labour are squandering millions of pounds of our money funding 20 mini-embassies across the world.
“International Relations are not devolved matters yet the Welsh government continues to waste millions on maintaining overseas offices that make little difference to most people in Wales.
“The Welsh Government must stop squandering taxpayers’ money on these lavish outposts and start addressing the real issues at home instead, such as fixing our crumbling NHS, supporting councils on the brink, and easing the cost-of-living crisis — not playing at being a global power.”
He added:
“The Welsh Government should work with the UK Government to ensure that Wales’ interests are adequately promoted overseas, using UK Embassies as necessary.”
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