“When given the opportunity to stand up for Wales, they’ll save Starmer’s blushes every time” says Llyr Grufydd MS

Responding to comments made by the First Minister during the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister today (Friday 13 March 2026), Plaid Cymru's Llyr Gruffydd MS said:

“The First Minister must’ve been reading a different memo to everyone else. There’s no doubt that the Prime Minister’s memo gave clear instruction for his Cabinet members to override Welsh Government and other devolved governments to spend directly, even in times of disagreement.

“Eluned Morgan is allowing her colleagues in London to undermine devolution right under her nose – no less than the Secretary of State for Wales, Jo Stevens. Her own Labour backbenchers in the Senedd are calling for the Wales Office to be scrapped, and yet the First Minister refuses to recognise how the role has become nothing more than the UK Government’s voice in Wales, rather than the other way around.

“This is yet another example of this Labour Welsh Government putting party before country. When given the opportunity to stand up for Wales, they’ll save Starmer’s blushes every time. It’s time for new leadership – only Plaid Cymru will stand up for Wales and what’s right for our communities.”

https://www.partyof.wales/leaked_memo_fm