Drakeford slams 'kitchen sink' motion on UK Budget

MARK DRAKEFORD has panned Plaid Cymru for "throwing the kitchen sink" into a motion, describing a debate on the UK budget as the antithesis of responsible politics.

- writes Chris Haines

The former first minister lambasted the Plaid Cymru motion on the forthcoming UK budget which made a long list of calls from devolving the Crown Estate to introducing a wealth tax.

Mr Drakeford said listening to the debate reminded him of the “potpourri” round on the Criss Cross Quiz television game show he would watch while growing up. He told the Senedd: “I was powerfully reminded of it when I read today’s Plaid Cymru motion, a sort of kitchen-sink motion, in which the author has rounded up everything they could possibly think of and thrown it into a motion for the rest of us.”