Wales needs rail fair play, Eluned Morgan tells Keir Starmer

“I don’t want to raise expectations too much in terms of rail infrastructure this early on because we need to make sure that those plans, the projects, are available and ready to run,” she said.

The prime minister would not be drawn on whether the UK government would provide Wales with HS2 funding, saying: “We had a very good set of collaborative discussions”.

The meeting was “exactly what I wanted”, he said, adding that it was “a resetting of the relationship and, if you like, rolling up our sleeves, working together and delivering for Wales.”

Despite being appointed the PM’s envoy to the nations and regions, former Downing Street chief of staff Sue Gray was not in Edinburgh. Downing Street said she was taking a break between the two roles.

Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: “This body is just another Labour talking shop.

“That’s proven by the fact that the new so-called envoy isn’t even attending today’s meeting, and is instead still embroiled in the chaos at the heart of this Labour government.”