In an interview given by the First Minister on BBC Radio Wales Breakfast, the First Minister confirmed that she would not be aware of the UK Government’s level of cost coverage for the employer national insurance increase for councils and other public sector bodies until May or June of next year – after the increase has come into force in April.
Responding to the confirmation of a further seven months wait for answers, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Darren Millar MS said:
“This situation is completely unacceptable; councils and other public sector organisations need certainty now to deliver vital frontline services for the people of Wales.
“After failing repeatedly to be honest about the cost of Labour’s jobs tax, the First Minister has confirmed seven months of limbo for public services here in Wales.
“Instead of making excuses for Keir Starmer’s UK Labour Government, Eluned Morgan needs to demand that the costs incurred be completely covered for the Welsh public sector and the services they commission. Clarity must be provided immediately, not in seven months’ time.”
