Janet Finch-Saunders, Member of the Welsh Parliament for Aberconwy is outraged at the over $30,000 invoice for a meal at the New York Restaurant Zou Zou’s.
Following a request to the Welsh Government the invoice reveals that the 100 person dinner in March 2022 cost a total of $30,293.31, working out at around £240 per head.
The Welsh Government have previously said the visit to Zou Zou's was part of an event to promote Wales for St David's Day.
Having previously written on the story it now seems that the full invoice is much higher than the original £16,000 claimed, now standing at nearly £24,000.
Commenting on the news Janet said:
“What on earth were the Welsh Government thinking. To be spending £24,000 on a meal to celebrate St David’s day in New York is a gross misuse of taxpayers money.
“We should be rightly outraged by this. Why on earth is the taxpayer footing the bill for a $30,000 meal at an upscale New York restaurant, where diners can indulge in $22 tuna tartare, $28 caramelised cabbage, or a $53 lobster kebab?
“When the Welsh Government are telling all of us that there’s no money in the kitty and cuts need to be made, they’re living it up in the Big Apple laughing at all of us.
“This is indicative on this Government, and indeed of the UK Labour Government. Even this week past, the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer and First Minister Eluned Morgan refused to meet with our farmers to discuss Labour’s betrayal of our rural communities, instead deciding to party to D:Ream’s Things Can Only Get Better.
“It illustrates the utter disconnect between the ruling class and the workers, who they claim to champion. They are a wolf in sheep’s clothing and it is time we saw them for who they are.”
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Notes
- Zou Zou’s Invoice attached
