The £60 work charge will be imposed from next Monday with companies hit with penalties of £1,000 every time they break the rule. The fine will apply to employees who travel into England to work even though it is not unlawful over the border. Is it now Labour policy to break up the Union? How on earth can the police decide whether someone is working unreasonably?

Many workers in Wales have been at home since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and yet the virus has spread just as fast as in England.

The opposition to this bizarre rule seems universal, with the TUC calling it naive and unions pointing out that the poorest who have to go to work face being brought to book. Mr Drakeford called it a fuss about nothing since the fine has never been used. So why is it on their statute book?