Article 6NG65 General election live: Sunak refuses to say if aide who bet on election date knew about timing

General election live: Sunak refuses to say if aide who bet on election date knew about timing

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Andrew Sparrow
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PM says it would not be appropriate' to say whether Craig Williams knew that he was going to call a July election

Plaid Cymru is also calling for higher windfall taxes on energy companies, and for Wales to get revenue from the Crown Estate in Wales.

Ap Iorwerth said:

The lack of control over our natural resources means that we are energy-rich but fuel-poor. Plaid Cymru will fight for economic fairness by increasing windfall taxes and demanding the transfer of powers over the Crown Estate to create green jobs and build prosperity.

For Wales, fourteen years of Tory cuts and chaos have cut our public services to the bone but there is no sign that a Labour government will offer any meaningful change either. Our communities have been left to pay the price of decades of underinvestment from both London parties.

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