Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 18 September 2019.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 1:55, 18 September 2019

So, we're having those clear discussions with local government, in terms of what they've identified as the pressures that they're experiencing within their budget, but also their ambitions to do more in future years. I do have a meeting with the local government Minister with the local government finance sub-group, which is the group where all the leaders of local authorities and chief executives of local authorities have the opportunity to talk to me and the local government Minister about finance issues. So, we will be talking at our next meeting, which I believe is next week, and having some early discussions about the budget for next year. We've only had our spending round funding announcement for around two weeks, so, at this point, I'm not able to make the kind of announcements that we're all keen to hear, but I will try and give that kind of certainty as soon as possible.