'Wales voiceless in Westminster without Plaid Cymru MPs'

Rhun ap Iorwerth urges Welsh voters not to let Labour take Wales for granted

With only three days to go until voters across the UK go to the polls, Plaid Cymru Leader Rhun ap Iorwerth MS has warned that “Wales will be voiceless in Westminster” without a strong cohort of Plaid Cymru Members of Parliament.

He said that voters know that the Conservatives are "finished", but with the expectation of Labour entering Downing Street on Friday, there is a "real risk that they will simply take Wales for granted."

Criticising Labour and the Tories in Wales for putting the Westminster whip before the interests of Welsh communities, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS said that the London parties’ views on fair funding, HS2 consequentials, the two-child benefit cap, and powers over justice and policing throughout the General Election campaign has “exposed their true priorities.”

The Plaid Cymru Leader said:

“With only three days to go until voters across the UK go to the polls, it is clearer than ever that Wales will be voiceless in Westminster without a strong cohort of Plaid Cymru Members of Parliament.

“The General Election campaign has exposed Labour and the Tories’ true priorities and Wales simply doesn’t feature.

“On a fair funding deal for Wales, the £4bn owed to us in HS2 consequentials, the cruel two-child benefit cap, and powers over justice and policing, there is very little that separates Labour and the Tories.

“When people vote on Thursday, they expect their MP to speak up for them and their community, not to follow the Westminster whip at any cost.

“From Llinos Medi in Ynys Môn to Ann Davies in Caerfyrddin, Plaid Cymru’s candidates are rooted in their communities, always putting the interests of Wales first.

“We know that the Tories are finished and the contempt they show Wales is nothing new – but with Labour set to enter Downing Street on Friday, there is a real danger that they will simply take Wales for granted.

“Labour’s hypocrisy on HS2 and on more powers for Wales has been clear for all to see in recent weeks – Keir Starmer doesn’t care and Vaughan Gething is too weak to stand up to him.

“For a Member of Parliament who will always give Wales a voice in Westminster, who will always champion fairness and stand up against more cuts which have already devastated our public services, vote Plaid Cymru on 4 July.”