The Welsh Government have published their Final Budget for the 2026-27 financial year, following an agreement with Plaid Cymru to support Labour’s spending plans.
Labour has no majority in the Senedd and so needed at least two opposition votes to pass their budget, as has been the case for many previous budgets, Plaid Cymru will allow the spending plans to pass.
Welsh Conservatives have been heavily critical of the budget deal, given the prioritisation of “waste” such as the “ever-bloating bureaucracy, foreign aid, overseas offices, the Nation of Sanctuary plan, Senedd expansion and the creation of 36 more politicians” as opposed to addressing “the people’s priorities”.
Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Sam Rowlands MS said:
“Plaid and Labour’s budget stitch-up is a bad deal for Wales.
“A budget that contains funding for an ever-bloating bureaucracy, foreign aid, overseas offices, the Nation of Sanctuary plan, Senedd expansion and the creation of 36 more politicians is a budget that will not address the people’s priorities.
“Only the Welsh Conservatives can be trusted to cut waste so we can cut taxes and fix our vital public services.”
Link to the Final Budget documents can be found here.
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