Let's turn to local government, first of all. We welcome the fact, of course, that the local government settlement has increased by 4.3 per cent, but the level of funding for our councils is still 13 per cent lower in real terms than the 2010-11 figure, and the increase is lower than what the WLGA stated was needed for local authorities just to stand still and maintain services. So, those services will suffer once again, and the pressure on council tax will continue, and we know that it is the poorest in society that are hit hardest.

It's disappointing too that there has been very little change between the draft budget and the final budget before us today. In the draft budget, there was something over £100 million of unallocated fiscal resource funding, but wasn't this an opportunity now to give a percentage of that to local government, in addition to what was set out in the draft proposals? Of course, local government plays a key role in providing preventative services, from education to leisure facilities and sports facilities, social services—those things that enable us to keep people out of the more expensive health service and to prevent longer term problems from developing in the first place.  

Turning to poverty, the levels of poverty in Wales are still disgracefully high, and I cannot see any evidence of a gear change in terms of the Government's attitude to the issue. Not only is it the right thing to do, to put real, innovative funding proposals in place to tackle poverty, but we estimate that dealing with poverty costs some £3.6 billion annually for the Welsh Government. So, it makes economic sense to tackle poverty too, as well as it being morally the right thing to do. Of course, the Welsh Government doesn't have all of the levers to eradicate poverty, but there is much that could be done, and the budget is a key tool in delivering that.

I have no time to go into as much detail as I would like, but, for example, we do see the Government supporting, in principle, the work of the Fair Work Commission, but I don't see any evidence in this budget of where that is being implemented in a practical way. Failings in terms of the welfare state is another issue in poverty, and that is a non-devolved area, of course, but if we look at something like housing, well, housing certainly is devolved, and we do see an unwillingness to be progressive in this budget when it comes to housing.

In transport, for example, we see £179 million for trains—Transport for Wales—which is excellent in and of itself, but that is three times as much as is provided to buses. Likewise, giving £62 million to Help to Buy for a relatively small number of people, which is of huge assistance to those people, and there's nothing wrong with it in principle, but that appears to be a great deal as compared to just £188 million in social housing grant for the many thousands of people who truly need assistance.

Now, I will conclude, because I am aware that the clock is against me, by turning to the climate emergency. The Minister did refer to the climate emergency and flooding at the beginning of her speech, but there is still not enough evidence that there is a real change of direction that is truly going to reflect the climate emergency that we, as a Senedd, and you, as a Government, have declared in this place. Once again, it's a failure to see whether the funding spent is spent as efficiently as possible. Twenty-nine million pounds for a fleet of electric buses. I am very enthusiastic about electric vehicles, as you know, but we can't see whether that is the best way of spending £29 million as part of the effort to tackle the climate emergency.