Labour has been mismanaging the NHS and education in Wales for more than two decades, despite the content of a “deliberately misleading” leaflet.
A Welsh Labour leaflet - which claims a Labour-run UK Government would improve the NHS and education– is currently being sent out to households.
But the leaflet fails to mention these areas are in fact devolved and have been run by the Labour-run Welsh Government for over 20 years.
Monmouth MP and Secretary of State for Wales David Davies accused both the Welsh and UK Labour parties of “deliberately misleading” the people of Wales.
“Labour’s latest leaflet conflates both the Welsh and UK Labour parties and conveniently omits the fact that the NHS and education have been run by Welsh Labour for over two decades," said Mr Davies.
“The leaflet is deliberately misleading the public by failing to mention Welsh Labour slashed the NHS and education budgets, leading to the worst waiting times and numeracy and literacy skills in the whole of the UK; as well as the axing of all new roads – such as the Chepstow bypass – meaning congestion will worsen.
“Instead of focusing on improving people’s daily lives, Labour is wasting time and taxpayers’ money on over £100m to create more politicians for the Welsh Parliament, and a continued war against drivers with planned congestion charges for using certain roads and a blanket 20mph policy.
“If you want more evidence of what Labour is capable of, look no further than my constituency where the Labour-run council is hiking council tax and refusing to build a Chepstow bypass.
"I call on Labour to stop misleading the public and finally acknowledge its drastic failures.”
Peter Fox, Member of the Senedd for Monmouth and Shadow Minister for Finance, added: “Labour is trying to find a way to claim the NHS and education are the responsibility of the UK Government, which is completely false.
"It is a fact that for more than two decades, Welsh Labour has been failing our NHS and schools across Wales. I find it rather convenient that Labour has not announced in the leaflet their planned £600m of cuts due to their mismanagement of the budget. They really have taken their eyes off the ball.
"I am very disappointed in this leaflet, which appears to be purposefully misleading people in Wales.
"Labour needs to stop running away from its dreadful track record in Wales and, at long last, be honest with the public.”
