Found: Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, regarding rural-proofing policies.

Found: While proposals from Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the CBI focus on deregulation and pension fund investment

Found: Commissioners and Ambassadors of eight Southern African Development Community countries have written to Rachel Reeves

Found: Commissioners and Ambassadors of eight Southern African Development Community countries have written to Rachel Reeves

Found: Often, a Minister has only the nuclear button of firing the head of a regulator, as Rachel Reeves—I would

Found: In a video message posted today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves said: I know that the

Found: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said: Germany is a vital partner for the UK and as the two

Found: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said: I want to thank Richard Hughes for his public service

Found: Rachel Reeves is also turning up the pressure on local authorities by more than tripling the share of

Found: package to boost trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain and back innovation sectors Rachel Reeves

Found: Greenock, Leith and Fife  Public services backed with extra £820 million for Scottish Government Rachel Reeves

Found: fiscal powers for Welsh Government, on top of the largest settlement in the history of devolution Rachel Reeves

Found: Millions of hardworking families struggling with household costs will benefit from Rachel Reeves’ inflation-busting

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Found: RT HON RACHEL REEVES MP Chancellor of the Exchequer Remit and Recommendations for the Financial Policy

Found: relief for film studios rolled out - announcement made on 16 February by HM Treasury, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves

Found: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, said:  We’re taking action where previous governments hesitated

Found: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said: This will be welcome news for thousands of carers failed

Found: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said: At the Budget I’ll set out how we’ll deliver on the

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Found: Department for Business and Trade, Office for Investment, The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP and The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves

Found: Department for Business and Trade, Office for Investment, The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP and The Rt Hon Rachel Reeves

Found: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said: Germany is a vital partner for the UK and as the two

Found: Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced funding boost for the Insolvency Service  The government will

<p>I&nbsp;noticed you didn't answer the question. I asked you whether you thought that Rachel Reeves should resign for misleading the public. The Chancellor told direct lies. Rachel Reeves was told back in September by the Office for Budget Responsibility that public finances were clearly in better shape than she went on to claim was the case. She clearly cannot be trusted, and if she doesn't have the decency to resign, then the Prime Minister should sack her. That is the reality.</p>
<p>Now, in her budget speech, she rattled off a whole long list of names who she claimed to have influenced her budget decisions. She even name-checked Anas Sarwar, the Labour leader in Scotland, yet your name, First Minister, was absent from the Chancellor's roll-call. She didn't mention you at all. And it's not surprising, is it? Because there was no extra funding for HS2. There was no reversal of the family farms tax. There was no extra funding to make sure that the fact that we were short-changed was addressed on those employers' national insurance contributions. So isn't it very clear, First Minister, that you have absolutely zero influence on the Labour UK Government at the other end of the M4?</p>

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">In the very first</span>&nbsp;Labour budget after that general election, those promises were broken because the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, went on to increase employers' national insurance and change inheritance tax rules for those very hard-working people such as farmers and small business owners. And she told the nation at that time that it was a one-off, that she would not need to come back to hike taxes again, and yet last week we had groundhog day, as she&nbsp;came back for billions more in her second Labour budget to fund yet more out-of-control spending on welfare. And what is worse is that Rachel Reeves did so after misleading the public about the state of public finances. Do you agree with me, First Minister, that Labour cannot be trusted on tax, that the Chancellor’s actions clearly amount to a breach of the ministerial code, and that she should resign?</p>

<p>I tell you what, even if Rachel Reeves rode into Wales on the darkest of horses and decided to pull every single penny out of Wales, this First Minister would still say that it's the best deal for Wales ever. The problem that this Labour Government has is that it always prioritises defending the actions of UK Labour Governments, rather than standing up for all those people who will be poorly served by the actions of the Chancellor last week.</p>
<p>The budget also, of course, has a huge impact on what's possible in terms of spending plans in Wales, including through updated forecasts for inflation and pay growth over coming years. In all, it turns out that the planned real-terms spending increase for the NHS is now only 0.3 per cent. So, mismanagement by Labour here is compounded by an inadequate settlement. But it's not just health, of course. Add to that an unsustainable squeeze on local authority budgets and a grim picture emerges of public services teetering on the edge. As the leader of the Welsh Local Government Association warned recently, and I quote,&nbsp;</p>
<p>'Social care, homelessness, education and workforce costs continue to rise faster than resources can keep up.'&nbsp;</p>
<p>There are warnings of thousands of council jobs on the brink and big council tax rises. So, can the First Minister explain why Wales finds itself in this position? Is it underfunding by Labour at Westminster, or is it mismanagement by Labour in Welsh Government, or both?</p>

<p>Do you know what? If Rachel Reeves had rode over the Severn Bridge on a golden horse and handed out £1 million to every person in this country, I still think you would have said that Wales would be short-changed. This was a budget that took Wales seriously. What we managed to do—. Even in his own constituency, where £2.5 billion has been invested directly into your constituency, and massive amounts of money going into support, also thousands of jobs in terms of AI. Let's be clear: this was transformational in particular for your constituency, and you can't even bring yourself to say thank you. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">That is something that will be noted. [<em>Interruption</em>.]</span></p>

<p>Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Reading the headlines over the past few weeks, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a pantomime, not a budget, that we're expecting from Rachel Reeves tomorrow. It's 'Oh yes she will' one minute and 'Oh no she won't' the next. And it's all denting this UK Government's credibility. First, she was going to raise income tax, then she wasn't, was willing to break a manifesto pledge and then wasn't. And as for Wales, 'Oh yes we are'—set to be short-changed again.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Let's deal with that false claim about the so-called benevolence of this UK Government towards Wales. The Welsh Government's day-to-day spending in this UK parliamentary term will grow by 1.6 per cent per year in real terms, on average. From this financial year on, it's just 1.4 per cent. Even the last Tory Government managed 2.6 per cent—how damning is that of Labour under Starmer and Reeves? But can this First Minister tell us whether she expects that derisory settlement to be overturned tomorrow so that the next Welsh Government can start to get to grips with the problems in public services in Wales?</p>