First minister of Wales to 'call out' UK Labour welfare cuts

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David Deans

Political reporter, BBC Wales News

PA Media Eluned Morgan speaking in front of a red Welsh Labour banner, wearing a pink jacket. She has a white shirt underneath with a gold chunky necklace on. She has purple framed glasses and dark brown shoulder-length hair. PA Media

Eluned Morgan says Welsh Labour would pursue a "red Welsh way"

Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan has said she will "call out" Labour in Westminster when it "gets it wrong for Wales".

In a major speech the Welsh Labour leader said she will "not stay silent" if the UK government takes decisions "we think will harm Welsh communities".

She called for UK ministers to rethink cuts to winter fuel; suggested plans to cut disability benefit were unlikely to get people into work, and demanded Wales benefit more from wind power via the Crown Estate.

It comes after the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, introduced changes to personal independence payments (PIP) and cuts to health-related universal credit during the Spring Statement.

Morgan told Labour members: "Its nation and the people of Wales before party for me".

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