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Finance Minister, Rebecca Evans has called on the Chancellor to use the UK Treasury’s levers to stand by the frontline workers who have sacrificed so much this year. Workers across the NHS, schools, colleges and local councils all continue to play a critical role in the midst of a global pandemic to help save lives and keep services running. They should be recognised for this effort and not forced to pick up the bill.


In a letter to the Chancellor, the Finance Minister also called for urgent commitments for Wales on:


* long term funding to deliver certainty for Welsh communities affected by intense storms and coal tip safety issues
* delivering post EU\-funding guarantees
* budgetary flexibilities to ensure existing funding can be targeted where it is needed, when it is needed


Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s announcement, Finance Minister Rebecca Evans said:



> We are facing an unprecedented set of challenges, with the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, compounded by the uncertainty around the end of the EU transition period.
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> With the economic recovery hanging in the balance, we need a firm commitment that Wales will receive adequate funding to address these challenges and to support a fair recovery.


The Minister also urged the Chancellor to provide Welsh communities with certainty on the funding needed to address flood repair and coal tip safety costs.


Rebecca Evans said:



> Communities in Wales were hardest hit by the February storms and the legacy of the coal tips means a disproportionate cost for Wales which predates devolution. These costs are not met by the needs\-based factor in the Barnett formula, which was not designed to deal with this significant legacy issue. 
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> We have provided assurances to local authorities for the immediate work, but the Chancellor can use this statement to deliver a long term settlement that finally recognises the anxiety felt by communities affected by this issue.


As we move ever closer to the end of the EU transition period the Minister reiterated the Welsh Government’s calls to Westminster to respect devolution and honour its commitment to replacing EU funds in full. With farming and rural communities at the heart of our economy, Wales will be hardest hit if adequate funding is not provided.


Responsibility for delivery of replacement structural funds will play a central part in post\-Covid recovery and should be fully devolved. Any attempt to bypass the Welsh Government and spend directly in Wales on devolved matters would completely undermine the devolution settlement. It threatens years of hard work by the Welsh Government and stakeholders across Wales to develop a new regional investment framework to meet the needs of its people, communities, and businesses.


Rebecca  Evans said:



> The UK Government must make good on promises repeatedly made that Brexit would not mean any loss of funding or devolved powers. Wales must not be a penny worse off than it would have been within the EU.
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> If the UK Government is serious about levelling up and addressing regional inequality then we would also welcome it making good on its previous commitment to address the historic under\-investment in Wales’ rail infrastructure.


Finally, the Minister continued to press for additional budgetary flexibilities to help maximise the Welsh Government’s resources to respond to the evolving pandemic as the end of the financial year approaches. A call that is supported by the Wales Governance Centre, FSB Cymru, Wales TUC and the Senedd’s cross party Finance Committee.







Translation:


 
Mae’r Gweinidog Cyllid, Rebecca Evans wedi galw ar y Canghellor i ddefnyddio pwerau Trysorlys y DU i gefnogi’r gweithwyr rheng flaen sydd wedi aberthu cymaint eleni. Mae gweithwyr ar draws y GIG, ysgolion, colegau a chynghorau lleol i gyd yn parhau i chwarae rhan hanfodol yng nghanol pandemig byd\-eang i helpu i achub bywydau a chynnal gwasanaethau. Dylid eu cydnabod am yr ymdrech hon, nid eu gorfodi i ysgwyddo’r bil.


Mewn llythyr at y Canghellor, mae’r Gweinidog Cyllid hefyd wedi galw am ymrwymiadau ar unwaith ar gyfer Cymru ynghylch:


* cyllid hirdymor i roi sicrwydd i gymunedau yng Nghymru y mae stormydd dwys a materion diogelwch tomenni glo wedi effeithio arnynt
* gwireddu addewidion ynglŷn â chyllid yn lle cyllid yr UE
* hyblygrwydd cyllidebol i sicrhau y gellir targedu cyllid presennol lle y mae ei angen, pan fo ei angen


Wrth siarad cyn y cyhoeddiad ddydd Mercher, dywedodd y Gweinidog Cyllid Rebecca Evans:



> Rydym yn wynebu heriau na welwyd mo’u tebyg o’r blaen, yn sgil y niwed a achoswyd gan bandemig y coronafeirws, a’r ansicrwydd ynglŷn â diwedd cyfnod pontio’r UE.
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> Gyda’r adferiad economaidd yn y fantol, mae angen ymrwymiad pendant arnom y bydd Cymru yn cael cyllid digonol i fynd i’r afael â’r heriau hyn a chefnogi adferiad teg.


Gwnaeth y Gweinidog hefyd annog y Canghellor i roi sicrwydd i gymunedau Cymru ynglŷn â’r cyllid sydd ei angen ar gyfer costau atgyweirio yn sgil llifogydd a chostau diogelwch tomenni glo.


Dywedodd Rebecca Evans:



> Cymunedau yng Nghymru gafodd eu taro galetaf gan y stormydd ym mis Chwefror ac mae gwaddol y tomenni glo yn golygu cost anghymesur i Gymru sy’n bodoli ers cyn datganoli. Nid yw’r ffactor ar sail anghenion yn fformiwla Barnett yn addas ar gyfer y costau hyn, gan nad oedd y fformiwla i fod i ddelio â’r mater gwaddol sylweddol hwn.  
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> Rydym wedi rhoi sicrwydd i awdurdodau lleol ar gyfer y gwaith sydd ei angen ar unwaith, ond gall y Canghellor ddefnyddio’r datganiad hwn i ddarparu setliad hirdymor sydd, o’r diwedd, yn cydnabod pryder y cymunedau dan sylw.


Wrth i ddiwedd cyfnod pontio’r UE ddynesu, pwysleisiodd y Gweinidog alwadau Llywodraeth Cymru i San Steffan barchu datganoli a chadw at yr ymrwymiad i ddarparu union yr un faint o gyllid yn lle cyllid yr UE. Gan fod ffermio a chymunedau gwledig wrth wraidd ein heconomi, Cymru fydd yn cael ei tharo galetaf os na fydd cyllid digonol yn cael ei ddarparu.


Bydd y cyfrifoldeb dros ddosbarthu’r cyllid a ddaw yn lle’r cronfeydd strwythurol yn rhan ganolog o’r adferiad ar ôl COVID\-19 a dylai fod wedi’i ddatganoli’n llawn. Byddai unrhyw ymdrech i ddiystyru Llywodraeth Cymru a gwario’n uniongyrchol yng Nghymru ar faterion datganoledig yn tanseilio’r setliad datganoli yn llwyr. Mae’n bygwth blynyddoedd o waith caled gan Lywodraeth Cymru a rhanddeiliaid ledled Cymru i ddatblygu fframwaith buddsoddi rhanbarthol newydd i ddiwallu anghenion ei phobl, ei chymunedau, a’i busnesau.


Dywedodd Rebecca Evans:



> Rhaid i Lywodraeth y DU wireddu addewidion a wnaed droeon na fyddai Brexit yn arwain at golli unrhyw gyllid na phwerau datganoledig. Rhaid i Gymru beidio â cholli ceiniog o ganlyniad i adael yr UE.
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> Os yw Llywodraeth y DU o ddifrif ynglŷn â thegwch a chydraddoldeb rhanbarthol yna byddem hefyd yn croesawu camau ganddi i wireddu ei hymrwymiad blaenorol i fynd i’r afael â’r diffyg buddsoddi hanesyddol yn seilwaith rheilffyrdd Cymru.


Yn olaf, parhaodd y Gweinidog i bwyso am hyblygrwydd cyllidebol ychwanegol i helpu i wneud y mwyaf o adnoddau Llywodraeth Cymru i ymateb i’r pandemig wrth i ddiwedd y flwyddyn ariannol ddynesu. Cefnogir yr alwad hon gan Ganolfan Llywodraethiant Cymru, Ffederasiwn Busnesau Bach Cymru, TUC Cymru a Phwyllgor Cyllid trawsbleidiol y Senedd.