Parties clash over what Budget means for Wales

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has called on the Welsh Government to seize the opportunities that he says the Budget has given ministers in Cardiff Bay.

But the Shadow Welsh Secretary, Christina Rees, said it had been a budget of missed opportunities and "callous disregard" for Wales.

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Christina Rees also said that the UK Government's claim that Wales is getting an extra £1.2 billion is "pure smoke and mirrors". She said much of the money will have to be repaid to the Treasury, and that the real uplift to the Welsh budget is significantly smaller.

But the Welsh Conservatives insisted that there really is more money for Wales.

Plaid Cymru claimed that Wales had lost out.

A UKIP spokesperson said the Budget was "a bit of a disappointment" from a Welsh perspective, not least because there was no mention of whether the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon would go ahead.