Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 28 September 2022.
I'm not sure where the Conservative leader thinks that this money is coming from. There's not £50 billion being handed down by the UK Government to anyone. It's £50 billion that the UK Government is offsetting in terms of providing additional funding to the energy companies, which don't need it, which is going to be borrowed and it's going to be low-income workers who are going to be paying for that for a long time. So, it's not a case that local authorities will be drawing down any money; there is no additional money. A price cap isn't additional money.