Labour accused of selling Wales short on HS2 funding ( nation.cymru )

Labour has been accused of selling Wales short by effectively dropping its demand for full consequential funding in relation to the HS2 rail project.

The issue has been a longstanding political sore in recent years after the UK Government decided to designate the new route heading north from London as an England and Wales project, rather than simply an England one.

None of the line would go into Wales but the argument was put that by changing at Crewe, the journey time from north Wales to London would be reduced.

As a result, the Welsh Government would receive no consequential funding under the Barnett formula, estimated at around £5bn if the whole project went ahead.