Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 14 February 2023.
Thank you for that answer, Minister. The last meeting of the cross-party group on industrial communities heard from Professor Steve Fothergill on the Industrial Communities Alliance's six principles to streamline levelling-up funding. One principle is that funding should be strongly targeted to focus on the most disadvantaged places. This approach is critical for communities like the ones that I represent in Cynon Valley. Kevin Morgan and Richard Wyn Jones have also described how UK Government policies fail to deliver that concentration of resources to the poorest regions that marked European funding. With that being the case, what discussions have the Welsh Government had with UK Ministers to ensure the needs of our most disadvantaged communities are met?