English: As the January 2009 Institute for Fiscal Studies publication, 'The public finances under Labour' stated, 'Labour entered the current crisis with one of the largest structural budget deficits in the industrial world and a bigger debt than most OECD countries, having done less to reduce debt and - in particular - borrowing than most since 1997.' In terms of Keynesianism therefore, they broke the economic cycle. In 2010, the Conservative-led coalition inherited the highest budget deficit in peacetime UK history. But, as every debtor knows, you can't reduce debt until expenditure falls below income. Those high-deficit countries that rejected austerity got it in full measure. Thanks to the hard work of people across the UK, however, the deficit here is down by over two thirds, falling to a level last seen before the financial crisis. But we still need to get our debt down - not for some ideological reason but because excessive debt undermines our economic security, leaving us vulnerable to shocks. As a senior Bank of England official warned last week, 'Britain cannot afford to borrow more without jeopardising the country's financial stability'. Now, although £1.2 billion more is coming to the Welsh Government from the UK Treasury, significant Welsh Government funding into communities that are lagging behind has not borne fruit. As the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report released yesterday states: 'Across the four countries of the UK, Wales has consistently had the highest poverty'. After the Red Cross highlighted the need to ensure financial provision for preventative services, referred to earlier by my colleague Nick Ramsay, I asked the Finance Secretary in October what consideration he'd given to financial provision in the context that community-driven development at local authority level mobilising individuals, associations and institutions to come together and build on their social, cultural and material assets, putting them at the heart of decisions, will prevent care needs from becoming more serious and therefore save money for public authorities. In reply, the Cabinet Secretary agreed with me about the need for all public services 'to make sure that, when people are involved with public services, they are not regarded as problems to be solved, but as joint participants in the business of bringing about improvement.' That was the Secretary's quote. He added: 'local authorities that seek to engage their citizens in that positive way are likely to be able to make greater impacts with the budgets they have, particularly at the preventative end.' However, widespread concerns have been raised that this budget takes us in the opposite direction. In your draft budget deal with Plaid Cymru, you agreed to ring-fence Supporting People funding and increase it by £10 million annually for two years. But a subsequent letter to local authority chief executives revealed that local authorities would be given spending flexibility across Supporting People and four other non-housing related grants, meaning that the Supporting People funding is not guaranteed to be protected. If the Welsh Government now removes the funding ring fence and merges the Supporting People grant with other non-housing grants, we would no longer be able to understand how much is being spent on housing-related support services in Wales, or to hold Welsh Government Ministers to account over this. Representing housing associations and third sector providers, Hafan Cymru has therefore called for the reinstatement of the ring fence and protection of Supporting People funding. Welsh Women's Aid state that plans in this budget to effectively remove the ring fencing of Supporting People and violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence grants will very likely result in the dismantling of our national network of third sector specialist services that provide life-saving and life-changing support. In the interests of access and inclusion, the Community Transport Association has called for an end to short-term funding cycles, which prevent charitable operators planning for the future, a review of the concessionary fares formula to prevent their financial loss, and budget support for cross-departmental working, which recognises that they are increasingly providing health and social care services, not just transport. In this debate last year, I warned against a £5.5 million Welsh Government cut to the charity Family Fund and the impact that this would have on the most vulnerable families with disabled children. When the Family Fund presented at the last meeting of the cross-party group on disability, they told us that the number of grants awarded to families had fallen from £5,429 in 2015-16 to just £875 this year, and that the majority of families without grant support said that there was no other support available to them. Well, this is both morally and financially irresponsible, and I urge the Welsh Government to reconsider.
Welsh: Fel y nododd cyhoeddiad y Sefydliad Astudiaethau Cyllid ym mis Ionawr 2009, 'The public finances under Labour', Daeth Llafur i'r argyfwng presennol gydag un o'r diffygion cyllideb strwythurol mwyaf yn y byd diwydiannol a dyled fwy na'r rhan fwyaf o wledydd OECD, ar ôl gwneud llai i leihau dyled ac - yn arbennig - benthyca na'r rhan fwyaf ers 1997. O ran Keynesiaeth felly, nhw a dorrodd y cylch economaidd. Yn 2010, etifeddodd y glymblaid dan arweiniad y Ceidwadwyr y diffyg cyllideb mwyaf yn hanes y Deyrnas Unedig mewn cyfnod o heddwch. Ond, fel mae pob dyledwr yn ei wybod, allwch chi ddim lleihau'r ddyled nes bod gwariant yn is nag incwm. Daeth y gwledydd hynny â diffygion uchel a wrthododd cyni i ddeall hynny'n llawn. Diolch i waith caled pobl ledled y DU, fodd bynnag, mae'r diffyg yma i lawr dros ddwy ran o dair, ac wedi gostwng i lefel nad ydym wedi'i gweld ers cyn yr argyfwng ariannol diwethaf. Ond mae angen inni leihau ein dyled o hyd - nid am ryw reswm ideolegol ond oherwydd bod gormod o ddyled yn tanseilio ein diogelwch economaidd, gan ein gadael yn fregus i siociau. Fel y rhybuddiodd un o uwch swyddogion Banc Lloegr yr wythnos diwethaf, All Prydain ddim fforddio benthyca mwy heb beryglu sefydlogrwydd ariannol y wlad. Bellach, er bod £1.2 biliwn yn fwy yn dod i Lywodraeth Cymru gan Drysorlys y DU, nid yw cyllid sylweddol gan Lywodraeth Cymru i gymunedau sydd ar ei hôl hi wedi dwyn ffrwyth. Fel mae'r adroddiad a ryddhaodd Sefydliad Joseph Rowntree ddoe yn ei nodi: Ar draws pedair gwlad y DU, Cymru sydd wedi bod â'r mwyaf o dlodi yn gyson. Ar ôl i'r Groes Goch nodi bod angen sicrhau darpariaeth ariannol ar gyfer gwasanaethau ataliol, rhywbeth y cyfeiriodd fy nghyd-Aelod, Nick Ramsay, ato yn gynharach, gofynnais i'r Ysgrifennydd Cyllid ym mis Hydref pa ystyriaeth yr oedd wedi'i rhoi i ddarpariaeth ariannol yn y cyd-destun y bydd datblygiad cymunedol ar lefel awdurdodau lleol i ysgogi unigolion, cymdeithasau a sefydliadau i ddod at ei gilydd ac adeiladu ar eu hasedau cymdeithasol, diwylliannol a materol, gan eu rhoi wrth wraidd penderfyniadau, yn atal anghenion gofal rhag mynd yn mwy difrifol ac felly'n arbed arian i awdurdodau cyhoeddus. Mewn ymateb, cytunodd yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet â mi ynghylch yr angen i bob gwasanaeth cyhoeddus sicrhau, pan fydd pobl yn ymwneud â gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, nad ydynt yn cael eu gweld fel problemau i'w datrys, ond fel cyfranogwyr ar y cyd yn y busnes o greu gwelliant. Dyna oedd dyfyniad yr Ysgrifennydd. Ychwanegodd: mae awdurdodau lleol sy'n ceisio ymgysylltu â'u dinasyddion yn y ffordd gadarnhaol honno'n debygol o allu cael effaith fwy gyda'r cyllidebau sydd ganddynt, yn enwedig mewn modd ataliol. Fodd bynnag, mae llawer wedi mynegi pryderon bod y gyllideb hon yn mynd â ni i'r cyfeiriad arall. Yn eich bargen cyllideb ddrafft gyda Phlaid Cymru, gwnaethoch chi gytuno i neilltuo arian Cefnogi Pobl a'i gynyddu £10 miliwn bob blwyddyn am ddwy flynedd. Ond datgelodd llythyr dilynol at brif weithredwyr awdurdodau lleol y byddai awdurdodau lleol yn cael hyblygrwydd gwariant ar draws Cefnogi Pobl a phedwar grant arall nad ydyn nhw'n gysylltiedig â thai, sy'n golygu nad oes sicrwydd y bydd cyllid Cefnogi Pobl wedi'i ddiogelu. Os yw Llywodraeth Cymru nawr yn dadneilltuo'r cyllid ac yn uno'r grant Cefnogi Pobl â grantiau eraill nad ydyn nhw'n ymwneud â thai, ni fyddem mwyach yn gallu deall faint sy'n cael ei wario ar wasanaethau cymorth sy'n gysylltiedig â thai yng Nghymru, na dwyn Gweinidogion Llywodraeth Cymru i gyfrif am hyn. Felly, mae Hafan Cymru, sy'n cynrychioli cymdeithasau tai a darparwyr y trydydd sector, wedi galw am adfer y neilltuo a diogelu cyllid Cefnogi Pobl. Mae Cymorth i Fenywod Cymru yn dweud ei bod yn debygol iawn y bydd y cynlluniau yn y gyllideb hon i roi'r gorau i neilltuo grantiau ar gyfer Cefnogi Pobl a thrais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig a thrais rhywiol yn arwain at chwalu ein rhwydwaith cenedlaethol o wasanaethau arbenigol y trydydd sector sy'n darparu cymorth sy'n achub bywydau ac yn newid bywydau. Er mwyn mynediad a chynhwysiant, mae'r Gymdeithas Cludiant Cymunedol wedi galw am ddod a chylchoedd ariannu tymor byr i ben, sy'n atal gweithredwyr elusennol rhag cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol, am adolygiad o'r fformiwla tocynnau teithio rhatach i atal colledion ariannol iddynt, ac am gymorth cyllideb ar gyfer gwaith trawsadrannol, sy'n cydnabod eu bod yn darparu mwy a mwy o wasanaethau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol, nid dim ond cludiant. Yn y ddadl hon y llynedd, rhybuddiais yn erbyn toriad o £5.5 miliwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru i'r elusen Cronfa'r Teulu a'r effaith a gâi hyn ar y teuluoedd mwyaf agored i niwed sydd â phlant anabl. Yng nghyflwyniad Cronfa'r Teulu yng nghyfarfod diwethaf y grŵp trawsbleidiol ar anabledd, gwnaethant ddweud wrthym bod nifer y grantiau a roddwyd i deuluoedd wedi gostwng o £5,429 yn 2015-16 i ddim ond £875 eleni, a bod y rhan fwyaf o deuluoedd heb gymorth grant wedi dweud nad oedd dim cymorth arall ar gael iddynt. Wel, mae hyn yn foesol ac yn ariannol anghyfrifol, ac rwy'n annog Llywodraeth Cymru i ailystyried.