Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 28 September 2022.
And it's causing a real problem; the change of leadership in the Treasury and in the Government has left a lot of uncertainty, although there was already uncertainty there. We've currently got a Government that is pushing the accelerator and the brake on the economy at the same time, and burning out the engine—no wonder they have not got attention to levelling-up. Perhaps they have got attention to levelling-up—levelling-up for bankers, but not levelling-up for our communities. [Interruption.] You might not like it, but it's the truth. Caerphilly County Borough Council has been able to access some of the funding, but the problem is it comes with very tight deadlines, and that increases the amount of risk and uncertainty involved in the delivery of the funding. They've got to spend that money this financial year, but the advice and the delivery of the funds are very uncertain. So, would the Minister do her best to raise this with the UK Government? Caerphilly council are doing their part, and surely now it's time for the UK Government to do their part.