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The Welsh Government’s Finance Minister has urged the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to use next month’s Spring budget to provide the necessary support to protect public services and respond to inflationary, pay and other cost pressures.

Wales’ Draft Budget will be debated today [Tuesday 7^th February] in the Senedd, as high inflation continues to stretch the finances of households, businesses and our public services across the country.

Finance Minister, Rebecca Evans, visited Centerprise International’s new £6m IT operations centre yesterday which will bring 70 new jobs to the area.

Councils across Wales will receive an increase in their funding next year.

The Welsh Government has published its new Budget to help protect public services and the most vulnerable in the face of a “perfect storm of financial pressures”.

The Welsh Government will publish its draft Budget later today, including funding to ensure social care workers continue to receive the real living wage.

All businesses in Wales will benefit from new rates support from the Welsh Government to help with the effects of rising costs.

Rebecca Evans, the Welsh Government’s Finance Minister, has said today’s Autumn Statement will mean people are paying more for less.

Speaking ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement tomorrow [Thursday 17 November], Wales’ Finance Minister has said the Chancellor must turn away from another round of damaging austerity.

The Welsh Government has proposed that more categories of properties will be excepted from paying the council tax premium on second homes, managing the impact of new local tax rules to distinguish between second homes and self-catering accommodation.

Wales is facing a new era of damaging austerity cuts because of the UK Government’s mismanagement of the economy, Finance Minister Rebecca Evans will warn today.