Fury as Labour's £120m plan to hike size of Senedd by 60% is set to be voted ... trends now
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Plans to boost the size of the Senedd by 60 per cent are due to be voted through despite a furious backlash.
Legislation tabled by the Labour-run Welsh Government, as part of the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, would see numbers rise from 60 to 96.
Elections would also take place every four years instead of every five years under the proposals, which are expected to get final approval tomorrow.
However, critics have pointed out that the £120million overhaul is equivalent to the House of Commons being expanded from 650 MPs to more than 2,000.
Welsh Secretary David TC Davies said the move - which coincides with the 25th anniversary of devolution in Wales - showed that the Labour administration had the wrong 'priorities'.
Plans to boost the size of the Senedd (pictured) by 60 per cent are due to be voted through tomorrow despite a furious backlash
Legislation tabled by Vaughan Gething's Labour administration, as part of the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, seeks to increase the number of Senedd members from 60 to 96
Welsh Secretary David TC Davies said the move - which coincides with the 25th anniversary of devolution in Wales - showed that the Labour administration had the wrong 'priorities'
'Wales desperately needs more teachers, nurses, doctors and dentists, not more politicians,' he said.
Currently in Wales there are 40 constituencies electing a
