By GLYN BELLIS Published: 22:13 BST, 9 August 2025 | Updated: 22:24 BST, 9 August 2025
Their nation's public services may be in crisis but virtue-signalling Labour politicians in Wales are spending more than £4 million of taxpayers' money on planting trees – in Uganda.The Welsh government has been backing the Mbale Tree Planting Project since 2013 to mitigate the impact of climate change, improve the livelihoods of Ugandans and promote gender equality for female workers.And when the project celebrated planting its 25 millionth sapling earlier this year, Welsh Labour minister Jane Hutt declared: 'The distribution of 25 million trees in eastern Uganda is not only helping to combat climate change, it's transforming lives, particularly for women and young people across Uganda.'Meanwhile, Welsh NHS patients are being forced to wait longer than their English counterparts for operations such as hip replacements.The ambulance service in the country has also faced 'significant pressure' and the social care sector is struggling to cope with growing demand. Schools and public toilets are being shut while the average rise in council tax for 2025-26 across all councils was 7.2 per cent.The taxpayer-funded Size of Wales programme, which sends the cash to Uganda, has also found money grows on trees for bee-keeping in Africa as part of the Advancing Gender Equality for Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation project. Meanwhile, in the northern Peruvian Amazon, the indigenous Wampis people are enjoying Welsh taxpayer-funded solar-powered boats and charging points. Labour politicians in Wales are spending more than £4million of taxpayers' money – in Uganda. Pictured: Mbale, where a tree-planting project has been supported since 2013 The taxpayer-funded Size of Wales programme, which sends the cash to Uganda, has also found money for bee-keeping in Africa as part of the Advancing Gender Equality for Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation project
