English: Of course, I share the same region as Dai Lloyd, South Wales West. It's home to three local authorities. They're all Labour-run, by some margin. What? No 'yay's? I was kind of expecting somebody to say 'woohoo' at that point. And, of course, this has been for many years as well, apart from a couple of short-lived experiments by the electorate in Bridgend and Swansea. Welsh Government may wish to argue that, compared to other parts of Wales, South Wales West hasn't done so badly in the local government settlement for next year. I'm sure my colleagues from different parts of Wales, especially rural and north Wales, would argue that as well. More importantly for my constituents, though, these three Labour councils will say that, after eight years of real-terms cuts by Welsh Government, this year's settlement is the final straw for them as well. So, we'll start with Bridgend. Their leader warned, back in the summer, of cuts not just to libraries and swimming pools but to bus subsidies and to nursery provision. So, we are just about to roll out free childcare for three and four-year-olds through legislation at a time when provision in Bridgend could be cut. Since then, the council leader has ended his commitment to protecting schools, and of course we already know about the difference per head that children in schools in Wales get compared to their English counterparts, and he's also ended his commitment to protect social services budgets, pointing out that, when the UK Government gives his party's Government an extra £950 million, his party's council gets a cut. A big chunk of that extra, of course, has gone to the national health budget - obviously, Dai's alluded to this - but when it comes to pooled budgets for health and social care, in the case of Bridgend, it is the council that is putting in 72 per cent of that budget, when it's the health service that will actually be getting the uplift from this year's budget. That actually sounds wrong to me. At the same time, the same council leader is looking at having to find £4 million for teachers' pay - not pensions, pay. Despite an assurance from the education Secretary that every single penny that Welsh Government receives from the UK Government for teachers' pay will go for that purpose, the leader claims he's only getting a fraction of what it would do to cover the cost.
Welsh: Wrth gwrs, rhannaf yr un rhanbarth â Dai Lloyd, Gorllewin De Cymru. Mae'n gartref i dri awdurdod lleol. Maen nhw i gyd yn cael eu rhedeg gan Lafur, o gryn dipyn. Beth? Dim 'ie wir'? Roeddwn i'n rhyw ddisgwyl i rywun ddweud 'woohoo' ar y pwynt hwnnw. Ac, wrth gwrs, mae hyn wedi bod am flynyddoedd lawer, ar wahân i un neu ddau arbrawf byrhoedlog gan yr etholwyr ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr ac Abertawe. Efallai yr hoffai Llywodraeth Cymru ddadlau nad yw Gorllewin De Cymru, o'i gymharu â rhannau eraill o Gymru, wedi gwneud cynddrwg yn y setliad llywodraeth leol ar gyfer y flwyddyn nesaf. Rwy'n siŵr y byddai fy nghyd-Aelodau o wahanol rannau o Gymru, yn enwedig yng nghefn gwlad a'r gogledd, yn dadlau hynny hefyd. Yn bwysicach i'm hetholwyr, serch hynny, bydd y tri chyngor Llafur hyn yn dweud, ar ôl wyth mlynedd o doriadau mewn termau real gan Lywodraeth Cymru, y setliad eleni yw'r diwedd iddyn nhw hefyd. Felly, byddaf yn dechrau gyda Phen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Roedd eu harweinydd yn rhybuddio, yn ôl yn yr haf, am doriadau nid yn unig i lyfrgelloedd a phyllau nofio ond i gymorthdaliadau bysiau a darpariaeth feithrin. Felly, rydym ar fin cyflwyno gofal plant am ddim i rai tair a pedair oed drwy ddeddfwriaeth ar adeg pan mae'n bosib y torrir ar ddarpariaeth Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr. Ers hynny, mae arweinydd y cyngor wedi diweddu ei ymrwymiad i warchod ysgolion, ac wrth gwrs rydym eisoes yn gwybod am y gwahaniaeth fesul pen y caiff plant mewn ysgolion yng Nghymru o'u cymharu â Lloegr. Mae ef hefyd wedi diweddu ei ymrwymiad i warchod cyllidebau gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, gan nodi, pan fydd Llywodraeth y DU yn rhoi £950 miliwn yn ychwanegol i Lywodraeth ei blaid, bydd cyngor ei blaid ef yn cael cyfran. Mae rhan fawr o'r arian ychwanegol, wrth gwrs, wedi mynd at y gyllideb iechyd genedlaethol - yn amlwg, mae Dai wedi cyfeirio at hyn - ond pan ddaw'n fater o gronni cyllidebau ar gyfer iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, yn achos Pen-y-bont, y c yngor sy'n cyfrannu 72 y cant o'r gyllideb honno, a'r gwasanaeth iechyd fydd mewn gwirionedd yn cael yr hwb o gyllideb eleni. Mae hynny, yn wir, yn swnio'n anghywir i mi. Ar yr un pryd, mae'r un arweinydd cyngor yn mynd i orfod dod o hyd i £4 miliwn ar gyfer cyflogau athrawon - nid pensiynau, cyflogau. Er gwaethaf sicrwydd gan yr Ysgrifennydd addysg y bydd pob un geiniog a gaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gan Lywodraeth y DU ar gyfer cyflogau athrawon yn mynd at y diben hwnnw, mae'r arweinydd yn honni nad yw ond yn cael ffracsiwn o'r hyn y byddai'n ei gael i dalu am y gost.