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My colleague Steven Morris reported yesterday on the pressure Vaughan Gething has been under over a £200,000 donation cited by Plaid Cymru in its statement ending its cooperation agreement with the Labour government in Wales. He wrote:
The BBC reported on Thursday that more than £31,600 of his leadership campaign fund, which included a £200,000 donation from a company called Dauson Environmental Group, whose owner, David John Neal, was convicted of environmental crimes, would go to the Labour party.
Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “These donations are now a question for the whole Labour party. Labour campaigning may now be funded by cash from somebody convicted of environmental offences. Now we will learn if Labour have the courage of their convictions.”
In an earlier article on the issue, Morris noted:
Gething took £200,000 from a company whose owner was convicted of environmental crimes. The donation row has particular resonance in some areas, including the Gwent Levels, a precious, protected landscape in south-east Wales, where Neal illegally dumped waste.
Share14m ago09.37 EDTPlaid Cymru ends cooperation agreement with Labour government in Wales
Plaid Cymru has announced it is ending its cooperation agreement with the Labour government in Wales with immediate effect, citing concerns over a donation to Labour’s leader in Wales, Vaughan Gething, as a factor.
In a statement the Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said he was “proud of the way in which the agreement demonstrated a new way of doing politics” saying it was a way of working constructively after “the chaos and uncertainty of Brexit and the Covid pandemic and the harm caused by the UK Conservative government.”
The statement continues:
At the same time, since becoming Leader, I’ve been determined to hold the Labour Welsh government firmly to account. I remain deeply concerned that the first minister has failed to pay back the £200,000 donation to his leadership campaign from a company convicted of environmental offences, and believe it demonstrates a…
2024-05-17 08:09:00
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