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Austerity-hit Welsh budget goes local
Council borrowing powers offset £225m health service spend
Calculating the Welsh budget was compared to "shifting deck chairs on the Titanic" yesterday after ministers scrambled to plug funding gaps left by Con-Dem austerity.
Cardiff's Labour administration pumped an extra £225 million into the NHS in its latest budget, which was passed yesterday by the Welsh Assembly with the help of Lib Dem AMs.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt also revealed plans to use limited local government borrowing powers to stave off Tory cuts and invest in schools.
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