THE first minister of Wales has said the Prime Minister hasn’t spoken directly with him about Covid-19 since May 28.

According to Mark Drakeford, Boris Johnson last gave him an update on the pandemic two and a half months ago. Since then the Tory leader has made several announcements easing England’s coronavirus lockdown.

Drakeford expressed his concerns a week after stating that trying to arrange a plan for new overseas travel rules with the UK Government had been an “utterly shambolic experience”.

Both the Scottish and Welsh first ministers hit out at Westminster over their approach to the air bridge scheme, which removes quarantine rules for people entering the UK from certain countries.

Speaking last week, Drakeford told reporters: “If ever there was an example of making an announcement first and then trying to work out what you meant by it – that is what we have seen since this announcement was first trailed in the press.”

Speaking to LBC today, Drakeford – who has been critical of the Tories’ handling of the pandemic – was asked whether his communication issues with the UK Government had been resolved.

He told James O’Brien: “I haven’t actually had any contact directly with Downing Street or the Prime Minister in the three weeks since we were last together.

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“We did have a meeting on Monday with Michael Gove of the Cabinet Office, that was very useful and I’ve talked to the first ministers of Scotland and Northern Ireland during this week.

“So we had contact with the Cabinet Office with the UK Government and when it happens it’s helpful. Downing Street itself, no, I’ve not had a discussion or meeting with the Prime Minister I think since May 28.”

Drakeford has been concerned with Johnson’s recent attitude towards Covid-19 – warning he is suggesting the pandemic is “all over”.

The Welsh first minister has said: “My concerns with the UK Government are sometimes less with the substance, where I think we’re all broadly trying to do the same things; I’m more concerned with the messaging, the way things are described.

“Here in Wales, I am very keen to continue to say to Welsh citizens ‘Coronavirus has not gone away, it remains something that kills people in Wales every day’. If you don’t stay on top of it, you will see things going backwards and everything we’ve done together thrown away.

“That’s a very different message to the message across the border, where the message seems much more ‘It’s all over and you can go back to doing everything as you did before’.”