{"id":239893,"date":"2023-10-31T02:40:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T02:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=239893"},"modified":"2023-10-31T02:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T02:40:34","slug":"waless-labour-government-is-accused-of-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/waless-labour-government-is-accused-of-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales&apos;s Labour government is accused of &apos;hypocrisy&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wales&#8217;s Labour government is accused of &#8216;hypocrisy&#8217; as it is revealed half its fleet of chauffeur-driven cars use diesel<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Data shows Welsh ministers are collectively driving average of 375 miles a day<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wales&#8217;s Labour government was accused of &#8216;hypocrisy&#8217; yesterday as it emerged that nearly half its fleet of chauffeur-driven cars are diesel vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Data obtained by the Daily Mail also reveals that Welsh ministers are collectively driving an average of 375 miles a day in their gas-guzzling fleet.<\/p>\n<p>It comes despite the Welsh Government, which is made up of 14 ministers, introducing a raft of &#8216;green&#8217; motoring measures aimed at cleaning up the air but which have been branded &#8216;anti-motorist&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>These include blanket 20mph speed limits on roads that used to be 30mph and banning all new major road building projects.<\/p>\n<p>Wales&#8217;s Labour executive is also considering road pricing for more polluting vehicles such as diesel models, which pump out more harmful pollutants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/01\/77200619-0-image-a-123_1698716738542.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wales&#8217;s Labour government was accused of &#8216;hypocrisy&#8217; yesterday as it emerged that nearly half its fleet of chauffeur-driven cars are diesel vehicles<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/01\/77200625-0-image-a-124_1698716769509.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said last year that the Welsh government provided &#8216;a blueprint&#8217; for what Labour could do across the UK<\/p>\n<p>Data released after Freedom of Information requests reveals that five of the Welsh government&#8217;s 12-strong vehicle fleet are diesel.<\/p>\n<p>A further four are petrol hybrids and three pure electrics.<\/p>\n<p>Between April 2023 and September 30 this year, Welsh ministers were driven 67,533 miles by chauffeur &#8211; or 375 miles a day on average. In 2022\/23 they covered 159,245 miles, an average of 436 miles daily. This was up from 75,390 the year before.<\/p>\n<p>In its FOI response, the Welsh Government said it could not give a breakdown for how many trips in total the mileage represented because doing so &#8216;would involve locating, retrieving and extracting data from around 5,200 separate records.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Welsh Secretary David TC Davies said of the figures: &#8216;It is absolutely extraordinary and hypocritical because on the one hand Labour is trying to make it impossible for ordinary people to use their cars, but on the other they&#8217;re more than happy to travel around in chauffeur-driven, diesel-guzzling limousines.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/31\/01\/77200635-0-image-a-125_1698716816593.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Welsh Secretary David TC Davies said\u00a0 that &#8216;Labour is trying to make it impossible for ordinary people to use their cars, but on the other they&#8217;re more than happy to travel around in chauffeur-driven, diesel-guzzling limousines&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Under Wales&#8217;s ministerial code, officials can use the government-owned fleet for any purpose.<\/p>\n<p>This includes being picked up from home and taken to their office as long as they are &#8216;carrying ministerial papers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said last year that the Welsh government provided &#8216;a blueprint&#8217; for what Labour could do across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>A Welsh Government spokesman said: &#8216;The decarbonisation of the car fleet is ongoing, balanced by the need to avoid excessive cost to the taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Seven diesel cars have already been replaced with three all-electric cars and four hybrid vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;While ministers will always seek to take alternative means of transport where possible, it is sometimes necessary to travel by car to attend official government engagements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In addition to security considerations, ministers will continue to work if travelling by car, including participating in virtual meetings and calls, which are often confidential in nature.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12691271\/Waless-Labour-government-accused-hypocrisy-revealed-half-fleet-chauffeur-driven-cars-use-diesel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales&#8217;s Labour government is accused of &#8216;hypocrisy&#8217; 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