Thank you, First Minister. Unfortunately, yesterday’s extension of the benefits cap will, I believe, ensure that more children are pushed into poverty by the Tories’ welfare reforms. The figures that you have given are absolutely correct—£58 per week is a significant sum of money and there are some 516 children who are in households that are affected. A number of those families are already in rent arrears and, of course, the fear now is that they will have to choose between buying food for their families and paying their rent.

There’s been a very strong partnership approach in Torfaen led by the council to mitigate the impact of welfare reform, and much of that work has been done under the auspices of Communities First. Given the Welsh Government’s current consultation on Communities First, what assurances can you offer that whatever emerges from that consultation, this work will continue to be a priority for Welsh Government?