Letter to the Daily Post and Evening Leader - Final Budget Result

10.56.00am GMT Thu 14th Dec 2006

Sir,

At least voters in North Wales know where they stand with Plaid now.

Thanks to their backroom deal with Labour, they only won an extra £300,000 for schools - pennies in a £14.4 billion budget. If Ieuan and his colleagues had worked with the other opposition parties, they could have secured the salaries of another 200 teachers in Wales. Instead, they caved in for ten. The Welsh Liberal Democrats were working with the other opposition groups to get a better deal and spare our schools from Labour's cuts. At least now, before the election we know one crucial thing. Vote Plaid, get Labour.

Yours,

Eleanor Burnham AM

Welsh Liberal Democrat for North Wales