‘Labour offering little more than a change of branding’ – Ben Lake

Plaid Cymru pitches itself as the real alternative to Conservative policies

Plaid Cymru Treasury Spokesperson, Ben Lake, has today criticised the Labour and the Tories for being “wedded to a fiscal consensus that will continue to hold Wales back”.

The MP for Ceredigion, who is Plaid Cymru’s candidate for the new seat of Ceredigion Preseli, said that Labour offered “little more than a change of branding”.

He listed “sticking to Conservative spending rules”, “denying Wales’ fair share of transport funding” and “sticking with a damaging European trade policy” as examples where Labour was not offering real change.

Pitching his party as the real alternative to Conservative policies, Mr Lake said that Wales needs “ambitious economic plans to break the economic doom loop”, including investment in the economy to “drive growth and reduce inequality”. He added that Plaid Cymru would “get back the trade barriers that hold Wales back and rejoin the single market.”

Ben Lake said:

“In this General Election, we face a dire situation where both Labour and the Conservatives are wedded to a fiscal consensus that will continue to hold Wales back.

“From sticking to Conservative spending rules, to denying Wales’ fair share of transport funding, to sticking with a damaging European trade policy, it’s clear that Labour is offering little more than a change of branding.

“We need ambitious economic plans to break the economic doom loop we’re in. Plaid Cymru would invest in the Welsh economy to drive growth and reduce inequality. We would get rid of the trade barriers that hold Wales back and rejoin the single market.”