English: Local government in Wales is facing a funding crisis. Since 2009, local authorities in Wales have received a real-term cut to their budgets of 22 per cent - £1 billion of funding cuts due to the policy of this Welsh Government. Under the original draft funding proposals, 15 of the 22 local authorities in Wales would have seen a reduction in funding. Needless to say, the proposals were met with considerable dismay by Welsh local government leaders, dismay quickly turning to anger when the Cabinet Secretary for local government compared them to Oliver Twist, always asking for more. The leader of Swansea council said that the First Minister should 'distance himself from the comments of the cabinet secretary and consider whether or not it is appropriate for him to remain in the cabinet in his current positionWe make no apologies for asking for more resources from Welsh Government to save those services provided by hardworking teachers, youth workers, librarians and care workers that protect the communities of Wales.' Firstly, this backlash - this Scrooge-like Welsh Government performed a humiliating u-turn. Thanks to extra funding Wales will receive due to the Chancellor's autumn budget, more money was found for Welsh councils. However, even when the new arrangements were taken into account, the fact remains all local authorities in Wales received a real-term cut in funding, the eighth consecutive year of cuts to council budgets. Councils have also faced problems caused by a funding formula that is not fit for purpose. Firstly, the chorus of discontent about the current funding arrangements - the Cabinet Secretary has contemptuously refused to engage with the sector. The provisional local government settlement for 2019-20 highlighted a clear divide between councils in north Wales and those in the south. All six councils in - [ Interruption.] Yes, go on, Mike.
Welsh: Mae Llywodraeth Leol yng Nghymru yn wynebu argyfwng ariannu. Ers 2009, mae awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru wedi cael toriad mewn termau real o 22 y cant i'w cyllidebau - £1 biliwn o d oriadau c yllid oherwydd polisi Llywodraeth Cymru. Dan y cynigion ariannu drafft gwreiddiol, byddai 15 o'r 22 o awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru wedi gweld gostyngiad yn y cyllid. Afraid dweud, derbyniwyd y cynigion â chryn siom gan arweinwyr llywodraeth leol Cymru, siom a wnaeth droi'n ddicter yn gyflym pan wnaeth Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros lywodraeth leol eu cymharu ag Oliver Twist, bob amser yn gofyn am fwy. Dywedodd arweinydd Cyngor Abertawe y dylai'r Prif Weinidog ymbellhau oddi wrth sylwadau Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ac ystyried a yw'n briodol iddo aros yn y cabinet yn ei sefyllfa bresennol Nid ymddiheuraf am ofyn am fwy o adnoddau gan Lywodraeth Cymru i arbed y gwasanaethau hynny a ddarperir gan athrawon, gweithwyr ieuenctid, llyfrgellwyr a gweithwyr gofal sy'n gweithio'n galed iawn i ddiogelu cymunedau yng Nghymru. Yn gyntaf, yr adlach hwn - gwnaeth y Llywodraeth hon, sydd fel Scrooge, dro pedol llawn cywilydd. Diolch i arian ychwanegol y bydd Cymru yn ei dderbyn oherwydd cyllideb y Canghellor yn yr Hydref, canfuwyd bod mwy o arian ar gael i gynghorau Cymru. Fodd bynnag, hyd yn oed pan oedd y trefniadau newydd yn cael eu hystyried, erys y ffaith fod yr holl awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru wedi cael toriad mewn cyllid, yr wythfed flwyddyn yn olynol o doriadau i gyllidebau cynghorau mewn termau real. Mae'r cynghorau hefyd wedi wynebu problemau a achosir gan fformiwla ariannu nad yw'n addas i'r diben. Yn gyntaf, y corws o anfodlonrwydd ynghylch y trefniadau ariannu presennol - mae Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi gwrthod mewn modd dirmygus ymgysylltu â'r sector. Tynnodd setliad dros dro llywodraeth leol ar gyfer 2019-20 sylw at raniad clir rhwng cynghorau yn y gogledd ac yn y de. Mae pob un o'r chwe chyngor yn - [ Torri ar draws.] Ie, ewch ymlaen, Mike.