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Plaid Cyrmu leadership fights off bid to oppose freeports in Wales
(left to right) Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies, Stena Line Chief Operating Officer Fleet and Government Affairs Ian Hampton, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford during a visit the Port of Holyhead in Anglesey, North Wales, for the announcement of the creation of two freeports in Wales, March 2023

PLAID CYMRU’S leadership fought off a bid to oppose freeports in Wales at its weekend conference in Aberystwyth.

The nationalist party’s trade union branch, Undeb, sought to set party policy against freeports, including the one proposed for leader Rhun ap Iorwerth’s constituency.

Undeb argued that opposing freeports in Wales would support the rights of workers and communities and be consistent with the party’s goal of decentralist socialism.

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