Last week, the public sector borrowing requirement for the UK was announced at a record £15 billion for September. On the same day, and seemingly oblivious to this news, the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) announced that £120 million of taxpayers’ money was being spent on a number of public sector projects across the nation. Certainly, one cannot argue with funding of £8 million for a new children’s hospital for Wales, although why WAG has waited so long to support this critical project remains a mystery. However, one has to question whether, at a time when we should be doing everything to bolster our economy, any of the other projects receiving public money will really help to deal with worst recession since the Second World War? Is it really a priority for WAG to back projects such as £35 million for the Ebbw Vale Learning Works (which includes a sports, leisure and arts centre); £15 million on an arts and science centre at Bangor University; £3.5 million for the Glyn Vivian Art Gall
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