The Welsh Government has just published its latest budget for delivering devolved public services in Wales. Finance minister Rebecca Evans had the unenviable task of compiling the budget for the coming years against a backdrop which she described as "unlike any since the start of devolution". Even her opposite numbers in Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives expressed their sympathy in constructing a budget that has been absolutely decimated by soaring inflation.
It takes time to unpick the nuts and bolts of any budget as governments are very good at using accounting sleight of hand to paint their allocation of resources in the best possible light possible. However there are a few conclusions we can draw from the new budget.
