Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 8 June 2016.
First Minister, the Auditor General for Wales, in his report, ‘A Picture of Public Services 2015’, last year, noted that, since the UK Government set its austerity programme in the 2010 spending review, Wales has had to manage a £1.2 million—sorry, I’ll say that again, a £1.2 billion funding cut. Despite such savage Tory cuts, local authorities and Welsh councils have continued—[Interruption.] Llywydd, if I may, they have continued to stand up for the communities of Wales. Will the First Minister outline his strength of conviction and commitment to the Welsh Government’s priorities for supporting the effective and efficient local government delivery of public services?