English: It's not just Plaid Cymru Members who have been expressing concerns about the Government's failure to recognise the pressures on local government. We heard Barbara Jones, the deputy leader of Caerphilly council, saying recently that we can't now place all of the blame on the Conservative Government in London. It hurts her to say, as a staunch socialist, that the Welsh Government hasn't treated them fairly. That's the view across local government in Wales. It's not a matter of complaining or of making unreasonable demands by councillors. We can't discount them, as the Cabinet Secretary for local government did, comparing councillors to Oliver Twist. That is not acceptable. They are caring for their constituents, for people the length and breadth of Wales - that's what our councillors are doing across the nation. This is a matter of realising the real implications of our ability to provide fundamental services within our communities. And, as I'm explaining, this is Labour's austerity this time. But this budget also reflects broader problems within Government and its failure to think and to act holistically when it comes to budgetary decisions, and a failure to take preventative steps now. Cutting funds from crucial preventative services provided by local government is of course going to increase the pressure on our health service. We see this in the response of the Royal College of General Practitioners to the budget too, which notes the huge pressures on primary care services, therefore, because of a lack of long-term planning and a lack of investment in preventative services. We need to change the way in which we plan budgets across all areas and how they come together. We need greater ambition, we need a longer term view and more collaboration between the various levels of government and public services. And we certainly need - and I would want to support this - far more focus across the budget on tackling poverty. Victoria Winckler from the Bevan Foundation told the Finance Committee that she couldn't see an anti-poverty strategy that was sufficiently rooted within this budget. In her words:
Welsh: Nid dim ond Aelodau Plaid Cymru sydd wedi bod yn datgan pryder am fethiant y Llywodraeth i gydnabod y pwysau ar lywodraeth leol. Mi glywsom ni Barbara Jones, dirprwy arweinydd cyngor Caerffili, yn ddiweddar yn dweud na allwn ni bellach roi'r bai i gyd ar y Llywodraeth Dorïaidd yn Llundain. Mae'n ei brifo i ddweud, fel sosialydd pybyr, nad yw Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn deg â nhw. Dyna'r farn ar draws llywodraeth leol yng Nghymru. Nid mater o gwyno ac nid mater o wneud gofynion afresymol ydy hyn gan gynghorwyr. Ni allwn ni eu diystyru nhw, fel y gwnaeth yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet dros lywodraeth leol, yn cymharu cynghorwyr i Oliver Twist. Nid ydy hynny'n dderbyniol. Gofalu am eu hetholwyr, am bobl ar hyd a lled Cymru, y mae ein cynghorwyr ni ledled y wlad. Mater ydy hyn o sylweddoli goblygiadau go iawn ein gallu ni i ddarparu gwasanaethau sylfaenol i'n cymunedau. A llymder Llafur, fel rydw i'n ei egluro, ydy hyn y tro yma. Ond mae'r gyllideb yma hefyd rydw i'n meddwl yn adlewyrchu'r problemau ehangach yn y Llywodraeth a'i methiant i feddwl a gweithredu'n holistaidd pan mae'n dod at benderfyniadau cyllideb a methu â gweithredu'n ddigon ataliol. Mae torri arian o wasanaethau ataliol hanfodol llywodraeth leol wrth gwrs yn mynd i gynyddu'r pwysau ar ein gwasanaeth iechyd ni. Rydym ni'n gweld hyn yn ymateb coleg brenhinol y meddygon teulu i'r gyllideb hefyd, sy'n nodi'r pwysau aruthrol sydd ar wasanaethau gofal sylfaenol, wedyn, oherwydd diffyg cynllunio hirdymor a diffyg buddsoddiad mewn gwasanaethau ataliol. Mae angen newid y ffordd rydym ni'n cynllunio cyllidebau ar draws pob maes a sut maen nhw'n dod at ei gilydd. Mae angen mwy o uchelgais, golwg hirdymor a chydweithio rhwng gwahanol lefelau o lywodraeth a gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Ac mae angen hefyd yn sicr - mi fyddwn ni'n dymuno y gallwn ni gefnogi hynny - lawer mwy o ffocws drwy'r gyllideb ar daclo tlodi. Mi ddywedodd Victoria Winckler o'r Bevan Foundation wrth y Pwyllgor Cyllid ei bod hi'n methu â gweld strategaeth wrth-dlodi wedi ei gwreiddio yn ddigon dwfn yn y gyllideb yma. Yn ei geiriau hi: