I rise to support the Welsh Government amendment to this Tory motion, and I view the unedifying spectacle of the Tories opposite standing up saying that local authorities are struggling—well, let's be honest, quite frankly, shake that magic money tree, and we will have more money, more bang for our buck to do so.

I, for one, am tired of hearing about austerity, as the people of Islwyn are, who are suffering at the hands of this cruel, political ideology—an ideology that has failed to cut the UK deficit—