English: And the Cabinet Secretary will be able to respond to that in his final comments. Also, the leader of Powys County Council talks about the efficiencies that have already been made in management and back offices. What she says in a letter to me and other AMs in our area is that, 'This approach is no longer sustainable, as the cuts are simply too deep.' Simply too deep. Savage cuts. She talks about school budgets; job losses - of course, the local authority's the biggest employer in the area; service reductions; highways; maintenance; introducing or increasing charges to some of the public services, such as cemeteries, garden waste, car parking, et cetera. So, we, on this side of the Chamber, on these benches, we want to make sure that local councils are empowered to make the decisions that affect their communities. Regrettably, there has been a trend towards a centralisation of funding in the form of specific Welsh Government grants rather than empowering those councils, in town councils, community councils, county councils across Wales, to make locally made financial decisions in their own areas - decisions that are suitable for their own communities. So, let's see a more flexible approach and let's see an increase in the revenue support grant rather than specific Welsh Government grants, then allow local authorities to protect more of the services that matter to them. I will finish my contribution by reading the last-but-one paragraph from the leader of Powys County Council to myself and other AMs: 'It is not too late to reverse the position. The Chancellor's budget has provided additional support for the Welsh block and local government should be first in that queue to receive additional resources. Powys is the authority that has suffered more than most; it should be at the head of that queue.' Well, I agree with the leader of Powys County Council, and let's agree to an independent review of the Welsh local government funding formula, Cabinet Secretary, and let's see a fair system that works for all parts of Wales.
Welsh: A bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn gallu ymateb i hynny yn ei sylwadau terfynol. Hefyd, mae arweinydd Cyngor Sir Powys yn sôn am yr arbedion effeithlonrwydd sydd eisoes wedi'u gwneud mewn rheoli a swyddfeydd cefn. Yr hyn a ddywed hi mewn llythyr ataf i ac at Aelodau Cynulliad eraill yn ein hardal ni yw nad yw'r dull hwn yn gynaliadwy mwyach gan fod y toriadau yn rhy ddwfn. Rhy ddwfn. Toriadau llym. Mae hi'n sôn am gyllidebau ysgol; colli swyddi - wrth gwrs, yr awdurdod lleol yw'r cyflogwr mwyaf yn yr ardal; gostyngiadau mewn gwasanaeth; priffyrdd; cynnal a chadw; cyflwyno neu gynyddu taliadau i rai o'r gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, megis mynwentydd, gwastraff gardd, meysydd parcio ac ati. Felly, rydym ni, ar yr ochr hon i'r Siambr, ar y meinciau hyn, rydym ni eisiau sicrhau bod cynghorau lleol yn cael eu grymuso i wneud y penderfyniadau sy'n effeithio ar eu cymunedau. Yn anffodus, bu tuedd tuag at ganoli cyllid drwy gyflwyno grantiau penodol Llywodraeth Cymru yn hytrach na grymuso'r cynghorau hynny, cynghorau tref, cynghorau cymuned, cynghorau sir ledled Cymru, i wneud penderfyniadau ariannol yn lleol yn eu hardaloedd eu hunain - penderfyniadau sy'n addas ar gyfer eu cymunedau eu hunain. Felly, gadewch i ni weld ymagwedd fwy hyblyg a gadewch i ni weld cynnydd yn y grant cynnal refeniw yn hytrach na grantiau penodol gan Lywodraeth Cymru, ac yna caniatáu i awdurdodau lleol i ddiogelu mwy o'r gwasanaethau sy'n bwysig iddyn nhw. Fe ddof â'm cyfraniad i ben drwy ddarllen y paragraff olaf ond un oddi wrth arweinydd Cyngor Sir Powys ataf i ac aelodau eraill y Cynulliad: Nid yw'n rhy hwyr i wyrdroi'r sefyllfa. Mae cyllideb y Canghellor wedi darparu cymorth ychwanegol ar gyfer bloc Cymru, a dylai llywodraeth leol fod y cyntaf yn y ciw i gael adnoddau ychwanegol. Powys yw'r awdurdod sydd wedi dioddef yn fwy na'r rhan fwyaf; dylai fod ar flaen y ciw hwnnw. Wel, rwy'n cytuno ag arweinydd Cyngor Sir Powys, a gadewch inni gytuno i gynnal adolygiad annibynnol o'r fformiwla gyllido ar gyfer llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, a gadewch i ni weld system deg sy'n gweithio ar gyfer pob rhan o Gymru.