WALES’S first nationalist government set out its Budget in the Senedd today as it allocated £294 million investment to its new priorities.

Plaid Cymru Finance Minister Elin Jones said: “We said before the election that we would publish a Budget within our first 100 days and we are keeping that promise.

“This is about more than new funding, it’s about beginning to reshape how our public services work after 27 years of a previous government.”

The supplementary Budget confirmed new funding for social housing, school buildings and community facilities.

Plaid Cymru finance minister Elin Jones told Senedd members that the Budget confirms new funding of £20m to boost the supply of social housing, £40m to improve school buildings and £5m for community facilities that people across Wales rely on.

The £145m boost for the NHS is intended to help patients be seen more quickly, including £25m for new surgical and diagnostic hubs to speed up cancer and diagnostic tests.

The Budget includes £10m to keep bus and coach travel affordable for young people and increase services, and £2m for the Cynnal child payment.

Reform UK’s Cai Parry-Jones was concerned that Plaid had raided the Welsh government’s reserves and reduced them to just £3m.

“The reserves are for a purpose and are there to be used if an emergency arises, such as a foot-and-mouth breakout,” he said.

But Ms Jones said she didn’t recognise his figures or narrative about the reserves as there is currently £400m in the revenue budget and £80m in the capital budget.

Head teachers’ union NAHT Cymru was unhappy with the Budget allocations for education saying the government had received over £300m from the Westminster government.

This was money given to councils in England to write off special education debts accumulated by local government, but the minister said this would not be given to Welsh councils as those debts don’t exist in the same way in Wales.

NAHT Cymru’s Laura Doel said: “It beggars belief that of the money that has come to Wales thanks to investment into additional needs in England, not a penny has gone to support pupils in Wales.”

Welsh Labour spokesman Huw Thomas said: “Despite every Welsh council, teaching unions, and schools calling for it, Plaid Cymru have failed to commit any of the over £300m that’s available for children with additional learning needs.”

Plaid Cymru is six votes short of a majority and will need to strike a deal with other parties to get its supplementary Budget through the Senedd on July 14.