Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 15 February 2017.
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his reply. He highlighted in his earlier responses the damaging effects of Tory austerity policies. There will be increasing pressure on public finances in the years ahead, and the complexity of tackling the challenges will not get any easier. Would he agree that a clear and comprehensive picture of all public spending—local, Welsh and UK-wide Government, covering health, benefits, education and so on—at a local authority level or, dare I say it, a postcode level, would be a valuable objective towards which we should all be striving? And if he does agree, are there any current discussions ongoing, or does he envisage having those discussions in the future?