First Minister, Merthyr Tydfil council used £560,000 of its reserves last year to help plug the deficit in its budget, mainly caused by the enormous pressure on its social services due to helping children in care. The Wales Audit Office raised concerns about this and warned that the authority should not keep raiding its reserves. First Minister, do you regret telling local authorities when you were finance Minister in 2017—and its your quote now:

'Local authorities will need to look at their reserves as well as to see if they can squeeze some money out', and do you now accept that the current difficulties faced by Merthyr Tydfil council are the direct result of your cuts to local government? And please stop blaming London.