Welsh Secretary rejects calls for Wales to receive 'billions owed' for HS2 rail project

Well now the people of Wales need to wake bloody up to the attitude of Unionist Parties both Labour and Tory treat Wales they have the same attitude towards give us nothing and only Take and will continue to do so until we leave the DISUNITED KINGDOM they gave the money to Scotland and Northern Ireland

Is it the job of every Welsh Secretary to deny, reject and refuse anything that Cymru requests, requires or are owed? One would think their role was to support and encourage the development and welfare of the country.

Labour in Cymru again give a stark reminder to the electorate, that their priorities and loyalties are to the UK and London ahead of its voters, who put them in power to represent the needs of the people of Cymru. Remember this at the next election, Labour along with the other unionist parties do not consider you to be an equal in the UK and not worth the votes you give them, shown by how all other 3 countries benefited from HS2, but not us.

This should be a warning to opposition politicians. Ask for what is realistic.

Labour will continue to hold Wales back so that we can keep on blaming all our woes on the Tories

When will the people of Wales who foolishly voted for UK Labour last General Election finally realise you were duped by fraudster Keir Starmer. He & they are not socialists but cold and callous anti-Wales Conservatives. Proof is in the eating and they leave a bad taste in ones mouth. Putrid in fact. You've merely replaced like for like. All you've done is foolishly extended Tory rule in Wales by another 5 years. Tell me what's different to Rishi Sunak's regime? We had 14 farcical years of incompetence and corruption. Both Labour & Tories refuse the devolution of our Criminal Justice System even though the Welsh Government was elected on a manifesto pledge promising its devolution. As said, no change. UK Labour, like the Tories before them, have robbed, only Wales I might add, HS2 consequential where England received billions in infrastructure build, and both Scotland & NI hundreds hundreds of millions annually over the lifetime of the project. They continually underfund Wales with the Barnet Formular that was only meant to be temporary, but like VAT, but now has become a fixture. Wales is funded on population size rather than need, which means we are deliberately underfunded as Whitehall are terrified that Scotland might react badly to money taken off their block coming to Wales. Fair funding Wales could be done by not taking from Scotland but scrapping Trident. Using nuclear weapons would be a means to an end, literally. We were told by former First Minister Mark Drakeford and Wales equivalent of Liz Truss, Vaughan "loads of money" Gething, that a Labour government in London would not only be more favourable to further devolution but both Welsh & UK Labour governments would work together in a marriage of equals. What I can see is totally the opposite. UK Labour are right-wing pro-Brexit Reform UK wannabes. Wales will never move forward under Labour rule. We are forever stuck in a perpetual poverty loop deliberately designed to keep us down. Only a change of attitude and direction will save us. Remember, a prosperous country becomes an independent one. Look at all the former British colonies. If British rule was so good why did America, Canada, Ireland, Australia, India, Pakistan and others all become independent. Wake up Wales. Get a bloody backbone!

Two governments from the same UK party: Conspiring against the people of Cymru. Don't let this continue. Vote Plaid Cymru. Vote for freedom and Independence.

This reminds me. If there was another Aberfan disaster the Welsh Labour party would NOT give a £1 with the excuse the coal mines are no longer in use. DO NOT TRUST THE LABOUR PARTY.

For Wales to get the Same as Scotland and Northern Ireland through the Welsh Sec is like banging a head against a BRICK BLOODY WALL they do nothing for Wales except deny us and hold us back

This behaviour and attitude is beyond disgusting. Not surprising in the slightest, but absolutely disgusting. Wales is being blatantly stolen from and pillaged by a foreign government, how much more until they're happy they've taken everything?

Jo Stevens seems to be the enemy within. No loyalty or aspirations for the people of Wales. She represents herself not those who elect her. The Labour party may have been born in Wales but it has been highjacked by right wing neo liberals, Thatchers children

Totally disgusting and reprehensible of the lady. No wonder she's a supporter and chum of Mr V Gething. Say anything, do anything, deny anything if it doesn't suit them .

I would like to ask Ms Stevens what she plans to do to improve the railway network in Wales. It is overpriced, inefficient and dirty. It is badly in need of big investment.

I thought the English Tory Troll who goes by the name on here of Morfudd Ap Haul would be on here spouting his nonsense where are you

I think that by turning this into a party political issue, people are missing the point in a juvenile attempt to score non-existent points. Over the years TfW has had plenty of money: over a billion and counting on the Cardiff Metro alone but much of this money has been wasted on unrealistic schemes. There is no real core thinking at TfW. People want trains and buses that run, and turn up on time, and no matter which political party you try to blame, the fundamental issue is one that money is not going to put right. It is about the sort of good resource management that TfW lacks. Unfortunately the dogmatic nature of Welsh politics means nobody has the guts (or perhaps, intelligence?) to replace the team running TfW with one that knows what it is doing.

It's issues like this and other concerns, like the Crown Estates rip-off, that everyone in Cymru needs to be made very well aware of. Our country can not continue to be shat on like this, the time has come to get out of the Union. We have plenty of grievances, like those mentioned, to make everyone aware of but we also have plenty of positive reasons why we should be independent too. Such as the abundance of saleable water and electricity and a deficit (upon independence) now calculated to be low enough to be manageable. The argument for independence must now be put to the people of Cymru.

Labour and the Tories. Both will stab you in the back and pick your pocket.

As First Minister, Mark Drakeford demanded HS2 consequential payments for Cymru-Wales. Will he reiterate that demand now he has been appointed Finance Secretary?

Pure, unadulterated selfishness. Looking after herself and her party. Nothing to do with what is right. Nothing to do with what Wales deserves.She's a disgrace to this country and doesn't deserve the privilege of calling herself Welsh..