English government department will decide on aid projects for Wales - just like under the Tories

Unelected Whitehall mandarins are running the show. That's why nothing really changes in SW1.

Annibyniaeth nawr!

Party. Westminster. Wales. In that order. The Labour way.

Welsh government - labour and plaid should be hauled over the coals for their appalling use of EU structural funds. It was an unbelievable opportunity wasted, and why it isn’t discussed more is a shame. It could and should have transformed the economies of west Wales and the valleys. At least some lessons could have been learned. It stands to reason they shouldn’t be allowed to permitted control of levelling up funds

The EU structural funds did not achieve what many thought they should. Would it not be better to let them get on with it. If they do a better job say well done. If they do as bad criticise them with specific detail.

Demonising refugees, slashing benefits of the most vulnerable, wrapping themselves in the union jack at every opportunity and treating Wales with utter contempt - so what exactly is the difference between labour and the tories? PS. that "insurance policy" Drakeford used to boast about worked out well didn't it.

Again authoritarian UK Labour and their Welsh Not campaign continues at pace. What's the point of Welsh Labour? They are absolutely useless. A party of complicit cowards on their knees in deference to their English overseer tinpot Jo Stevens. Time to kick these democratic donkeys out of office next May. We must take Labour's knee of our neck to breath freely once again.

You learn a lot about a person when you get a chance to speak to them face to face for over half an hour. I spoke to Jo Stevens regarding her pushing for the development of Cardiff parkway. I didn't think it was no longer necessary but she insisted it was and she said the train station had to come first otherwise large companies like Rolls Royce would not come. Despite that conversation, it became clear the planning application had changed and the developer wanted to delay the construction of the train station until over 3/5ths of the business park had been built. Despite this significant change, Jo Stevens and all the local councillors kept pushing for the business park to be approved. Why, who will come without a railway station? No idea, but this is the nature of our politicians. They don't care about their own principles any more.

It would seem like the anti devolution faction of labour, that of Neil Kinnock and kim Howells, has never gone away, and now they get their chance to rule directly from London again with Jo Stevens at the helm. No HS2 funding, other rail projects " for Wales see England " no devolution of policing and justice anytime soon, and now continue the Tory mantra of "London knows best" when it comes to spending our money. This is how it has been, and will be, unless we vote for an independent nation, and drag ourselves up to the levels of other similar sized countries.

The risk here is the projects become what Reeves et al want delivered not the local community.

Incorrect. The European Commission signed off the plans; but within that framework, decisions about which projects to support were made by Welsh Government.

Perhaps the 'English government' think there is no one competent enough in the WG to undertake the task. I often think if there is anyone in the WG competent enough to undertake any task. I am 100% for independence but I have this nagging doubt if we currently have the talent in the Senedd.

Like every empire throughout history, this one is coming to a natural end fortunately. One country running anothers affairs is not democracy of any kind. Its long overdue for Wales to get off its knees and flourish away from the laughing stock of the UK.

You talk about the 'Circus in the Bay' being unable to administer anything of importance. Then suggest that the 'Circus in Westminster' be allowed to do it instead.Over fourteen years the Westminster circus has broken just about everything that makes this country civilized. And yet you trust them ? What Welsh people want is a choice. That is what we'll have with Independence. If the members of the Senedd don't perform we can boot them out. If Westminster doesn't perform we can do nothing. We will be forever controlled by another country and their electorate. Is that really what you want ?

I assume you think Westminster can do better, and they have our interests at heart. £37 billion on a failed Covid app, the Liz Truss budget saw £30 billion down the pan overnight, there are other examples I could point out, that wasted more than the £27 billion we had to run our country for 2024/25.

I much prefer the circus in the Bay to the filth that exists in Westminster. Fortunately this UK government, like all the crooks that have come before seem intent on ending the UK, and this really can't come soon enough.

Liebour same as the Tory scum same horse different jockey we are treated as a colony or if you want a county council of england we need out of the disunited kingdom

It looks like the Gaulitier Stevens of the Colonial Office wants to amass more power to Whitehall and undermine deveolution and deprive Wales of its fair funding.

Yet another reason to vote Plaid and continue the struggle for further devolution if not independence

Here we go again, the Westminster knows best narrative is sickening. Bradwr Stevens needs to put Cymru first not the Labour Party's precious union.

Strictly speaking there's no "English government" presumably because England can't be trusted with its own government. There's only an English administration, which is a subset of the UK central government that's responsible for matters only relating to England. Unfortunately this penny pinching hybrid arrangement leads to a lot of double jobbing and conflict of interest that invariably benefits their own nation. This is never clearer than when the de facto First Minister of England is flying national flags outside Number 10.