Welsh finance minister Elin Jones has warned that the Welsh Government is facing "extremely difficult decisions" to fund pledges made in Plaid Cymru's manifesto. She told the BBC that managing financial pressures was "more challenging than she expected it to be."
Budget Changes Ahead
The cabinet member admitted that the Welsh budget would need to change and pledged that Plaid Cymru would not follow the same path as the previous Labour government. This comes as the government faces pressure to explain how it will fund its flagship policy—offering free childcare to all children from nine months to age four. The policy is expected to cost up to £400 million over four years.
Supplementary Budget Details
More information will be available in the next few weeks when a supplementary budget is published on June 23, Jones told BBC Politics Wales. During the election campaign, party representatives said it would "re-prioritise" some of the £7 billion that the former government devoted to dealing with child poverty.
Ms Jones described the move as "changing gear" on where public services are delivered.
