The UK Government's Financial Announcement

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 18 September 2019.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 2:17, 18 September 2019

Well, I can't agree that the UK Government's taken immediate action to address funding in schools. They've been in power for a decade, so it has taken them some time to wake up to the importance of education and also they gave schools in England and the NHS the certainty of a three-year outlook for their spending. They didn't have the courtesy to do that here in Wales, where we had been promised a three-year spending review. So, in terms of making announcements today and pledges today, I'm not in a position to do that. We've only had our spending allocations for next year, with two years to do that. But I would just reassure people that we are listening to all the arguments that you made, which local authorities made, which different sectors are making, and all of that will be considered as we look to set the budgets in future.