The Welsh Government will receive a further £350m in coronavirus emergency support, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
The 海角视频 Government said the devolved administration's additional £350m, was on top of the £250m consequential from the £5bn originally announced by the Chancellor in his March Budget in emergency support to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
This takes the total given by the Treasury to support the effort in Wales to £600m, although Plaid Cymru has called for the Welsh Government's current limited borrowing powers of £1bn to be increased to £5bn to support the response to the pandemic and provide greater fire power to help repair the battled Welsh economy.
Mr Sunak said: "Our public services and its incredible staff are bravely working with immense resolve and skill to keep us safe. We depend on them, which is why we’re giving them the extra funds, tools and resources they need to tackle the virus.
"From the start, I’ve been clear our vital public services will get whatever they need to protect this country and its people from coronavirus. We are delivering on our pledge.”
Secretary of State for Wales, Simon Hart, said: "The Chancellor promised to do whatever it takes to help the 海角视频 defeat coronavirus. This £350m of extra funding delivers on that promise.
“We are supporting the devolved administration in Wales to meet the exceptional challenges it currently faces, now providing £600m from this fund to help tackle coronavirus.
"This is on top of funding to help support individuals and businesses and will provide our incredible front-line staff with the resources they need to save lives. This means that Wales will receive a total cash boost of almost £2bn from the 海角视频 Government (including non devolved support) to help tackle coronavirus in Wales.”
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Leader of the opposition (Tories) in the Welsh Assembly, Paul Davies, said: "During these unprecedented times, we Welsh Conservatives – the party of opposition – must be more resolute than ever to scrutinise the performance of the First Minister and his cabinet.
"Therefore, there must be clarity and transparency from the Welsh Labour administration as to how it intends to allocate the this funding of £600m from the 海角视频 Government.
“Let me be absolutely clear: our frontline public-sector workers expect and need the best equipment and resources possible as they battle to protect us and our country from Coronavirus, and so I look forward to hearing from the First Minister what plans he and his colleagues have, and in what timeframe, to allocation the additional £350m.”