Plaid leader calls on Welsh Government to act now on cost of living crisis
Business at the Senedd will resume today after the summer recess
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price is calling on the Labour Government in Wales to use its devolved powers to act on the cost-of-living crisis.
Ahead of First Minister’s Questions today, the Leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price MS is putting pressure on Mark Drakeford and his Government to halve train fares and cap bus fares, freeze rents, and extend free school meals to secondary school pupils.
Business at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay resumes later after the summer recess.
Leader of Plaid Cymru Adam Price MS said: “The cost-of-living crisis will be on a scale more devastating than most of us can ever remember. People will lose their livelihoods if not their lives.
“That is why it is crucial the Labour Government in Wales use every tool available to them to mitigate the impact of soaring energy bills and plummeting living standards.
“This should include an immediate ban on evictions, halving rail fares and cap bus fares until at least March 2023, the extension of free school meals to secondary school pupils, and a rent freeze which the Welsh Government’s Labour colleagues in Scotland have been campaigning for.
“Failure to do so will represent a dereliction of duty by Labour in Wales to maximise the benefits of devolution.
"Plaid Cymru’s message to the Labour Welsh Government is clear – you have the powers to act on the cost-of-living crisis, use them.”