English: In Swansea, where the council is a major player in the Swansea bay city region, the leader has also pointed to teachers' pay, saying he's only had £606,000 of the £7 million he needs via Welsh Government. And, as he too announced that no services can be protected, he snapped that, and I quote: 'Sometimes it feels that we don't have a Cabinet Secretary for Local Government. He should hang his head in shame.' And, in response to the infamous Oliver Twist jibe, this Labour council leader was prepared to meet Mr Bumble with, quote, 'the biggest begging bowl', because that's what they've been reduced to: begging. Neath Port Talbot has announced that they are - quote again - 'getting very close to not being able to run services safely'. And they're not just talking about the revenue support grant. A thousand vulnerable Gypsy and Traveller children in the county borough area will lose their support as the grant is slashed from £250,000 to £85,000 - and that is just £85 per child. And that's despite the finance Minister saying that there would be millions for Gypsy/Traveller children in his statement announcing the draft budget. This, of course, has a knock-on effect to the RSG in Neath Port Talbot and that funding for inclusion, health and education. And, as Neath Port Talbot loses out, the merger by stealth being planned by Welsh Government, giving Gypsy/Traveller support to just four councils to operate regionally - well, that is being treated with deep suspicion that this route of funding itself will not be sustained. Ultimately, it's Neath Port Talbot that says it as it is, and I'm quoting again: 'Welsh Government cannot continue to use austerity as an excuse for not allowing Local Government to deliver vital services to all constituents.' And even Labour councils are getting fed up of the budgie hitting that same old bell, particularly when we are getting 20 per cent more per head in Wales than England in terms of funding. And, while some councils must explain why they are not using those useable reserves, and others must explain how poor management has led to drops in earned income, they are, as the Labour leader of Bridgend says, at the end of the road. Five of the seven constituency Assembly Members from South Wales West are members of Welsh Government and my constituents will want an explanation from them. [ Interruption. ] You're saved. Will they say publicly that these councils have been apparently protected from the worst of the cuts because they're being protected by Labour representation - the political message that their supporters will want to hear? Or will they claim that, of course, there's no such partisan protection - it's all based on need? In which case, can they explain why the need remains so high in their own council areas when they have been in Government for two years? Or will they have to admit that, despite making up over a third of the Government, they've had no leverage to meaningfully improve this local government settlement? Now, Welsh Conservatives want to get rid of the duct tape and sticking plaster over this clapped out old formula, as do the WLGA. But I say to my South Wales West Government colleagues - . I'm not talking to you, Cabinet Secretary; it is my colleagues in South Wales West. It's not about councils being at the front of the queue for last-minute UK consequentials - it's about you being at the front of the queue to reform the funding formula from within Government. Thank you.
Welsh: Yn Abertawe, lle mae'r cyngor yn chwarae rhan bwysig yn rhanbarth dinas Bae Abertawe, mae'r arweinydd hefyd wedi cyfeirio at gyflogau athrawon, gan ddweud nad yw ond wedi cael £606,000 o'r £7 miliwn sydd ei angen arno drwy Lywodraeth Cymru. Ac, fel y cyhoeddodd hefyd na ellir diogelu unrhyw wasanaethau, dywedodd yn swta, a dyfynnaf: Weithiau mae'n teimlo nad oes gennym Ysgrifennydd Cabinet ar gyfer Llywodraeth Leol. Dylai ostwng ei ben mewn cywilydd. Ac, mewn ymateb i'r sen Oliver Twist nid anenwog, roedd yr arweinydd cyngor Llafur hwn yn barod i gwrdd â Mr Bumble gyda, dyfynnaf, 'y ffiol gardod f wyaf ', oherwydd fe'u gyrrwyd i hynny: cardota. Cyhoeddodd Castell-nedd Port Talbot eu bod - dyfyniad eto - yn mynd yn agos iawn at fethu â rhedeg gwasanaethau yn ddiogel. Ac nid dim ond siarad am y grant cynnal refeniw y maen nhw. Bydd mil o blant Sipsiwn a Theithwyr sy'n agored i niwed yn ardal y fwrdeistref sirol yn colli eu cymorth wrth i'r grant gael ei dorri o £250,000 i £85,000 - a dim ond £85 y plentyn yw hynny. Ac mae hynny er gwaethaf y Gweinidog cyllid yn dweud y byddai miliynau ar gael i blant Sipsiwn a Theithwyr yn ei ddatganiad yn cyhoeddi'r gyllideb ddrafft. Mae hyn, wrth gwrs, yn cael effaith ganlyniadol i'r grant cynnal refeniw yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot a'r cyllid ar gyfer cynhwysiant, iechyd ac addysg. Ac, wrth i Gastell-nedd Port Talbot golli allan, uno llechwraidd sydd ar y gweill gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yn rhoi cymorth Sipsiwn a Theithwyr i ddim ond pedwar cyngor i weithredu'n rhanbarthol - wel, mae amheuaeth gref na fydd y llwybr hwn o ariannu ei hun yn cael ei gynnal. Yn y pen draw, Castell-nedd Port Talbot sy'n ei dweud fel y mae, ac rwy'n dyfynnu eto: Ni all Llywodraeth Cymru barhau i ddefnyddio cyni fel esgus dros beidio â chaniatáu i Lywodraeth Leol ddarparu gwasanaethau hanfodol i bob etholwr. Ac mae cynghorau Llafur hyd yn oed wedi cael llond bol ar y byji'n taro'r un hen gloch, yn enwedig pan ydym yn cael 20 y cant yn fwy y pen yng Nghymru nag yn Lloegr o ran cyllid. Ac, er bod yn rhaid i rai cynghorau esbonio pam nad ydynt yn defnyddio'r cronfeydd wrth gefn hynny y gellir eu defnyddio, ac eraill yn gorfod esbonio sut mae rheoli gwael wedi arwain at ostyngiad mewn incwm a enillir, maen nhw, fel y dywed arweinydd Llafur Ogwr, wedi cyrraedd diwedd y ffordd. Mae pump o'r saith Aelod Cynulliad etholaeth o orllewin De Cymru yn aelodau o Lywodraeth Cymru a bydd fy etholwyr eisiau cael esboniad ganddynt. [ Torri ar draws. ] Rydych chi wedi eich arbed. A fyddant yn dweud yn gyhoeddus bod y cynghorau hyn, yn ôl pob tebyg, yn cael eu diogelu rhag y gwaethaf o'r toriadau oherwydd eu bod yn cael eu gwarchod gan gynrychiolaeth Lafur - y neges wleidyddol y bydd eu cefnogwyr eisiau ei chlywed? Neu a fyddant yn honni, wrth gwrs, nad oes unrhyw amddiffyniad pleidiol o'r fath - mae'r cyfan yn seiliedig ar angen? Os felly, a allant esbonio pam mae'r angen yn parhau mor uchel yn ardaloedd eu cynghorau eu hunain pan fyddant wedi bod mewn Llywodraeth ers dwy flynedd? Neu a fydd yn rhaid iddynt gyfaddef, er eu bod yn ffurfio dros draean o'r Llywodraeth, nad ydynt wedi cael unrhyw drosoledd i wella'r setliad llywodraeth leol hwn yn ystyrlon? Nawr, mae'r Ceidwadwyr Cymreig eisiau cael gwared ar y tâp cryf a'r plaster glynu dros yr hen fformiwla hon sydd wedi gweld dyddiau gwell, fel y mae CLlLC. Ond rwy'n dweud wrth fy nghyd-Aelodau Llywodraeth yng Ngorllewin De Cymru - . Nid wyf yn siarad â chi, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet; ond gyda fy nghyd-Aelodau yng Ngorllewin De Cymru. Nid yw'n ymwneud â chynghorau ar flaen y ciw ar gyfer symiau canlyniadol munud olaf y DU - mae'n ymwneud â chi ar flaen y ciw i ddiwygio'r fformiwla gyllido o fewn Llywodraeth. Diolch.