Wales devolution: Response to funding pledge 'bizarre'
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Stephen Crabb insists Welsh ministers have been given the assurance they wanted on funding
Welsh ministers' response to a promise on minimum funding is "bizarre", Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said.
On Friday, the UK government proposed a funding "floor" - guaranteeing a minimum Welsh government income.
The Conservatives now want Labour Welsh ministers to call a referendum on devolving part-control of income tax.
First Minister Carwyn Jones denounced the funding offer as a "vague promise" but Mr Crabb said it was a response to specific Welsh government demands.
Tory MP Mr Crabb told the 91Èȱ¬'s Sunday Politics Wales programme that the UK government had "moved mountains".
"We've broken down Whitehall and Treasury intransigence, and it's a bit bizarre for the Welsh government and Carwyn Jones to say, hang on, this doesn't change a thing, when they know how far we've moved, and we've moved in the direction they themselves exactly were looking for," he said.
More on this story on Sunday Politics Wales, 91Èȱ¬ One Wales at 11:00 GMT on Sunday 1 March.
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