The Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government has joined with the other two devolved governments to urge the ConDem UK Government to scale back its plans for savage spending cuts in the Comprehensive Spending Review on 20 October.
The joint declaration has been signed by First Ministers for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as Deputy First Ministers and was sent to the Chancellor earlier today.
Welsh Labour’s First Minister, Carwyn Jones said: “We have taken this unprecedented step because we believe the scale and speed of cuts we have been led to expect will have devastating consequences for the most vulnerable people in our devolved nations and the impact will be felt for generations to come. Our Joint Declaration shows the strength of feeling within the devolved Governments which represent nearly 10 million people or one sixth of the UK’s population.”
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