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Welsh tax rates and £15bn budget to be published Welsh tax rates and £15bn budget to be published
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Spending plans worth around £15bn will be announced when the Welsh Government outlines its draft budget later.Spending plans worth around £15bn will be announced when the Welsh Government outlines its draft budget later.
For the first time, it will set rates and bands for newly-devolved taxes to be paid from April 2018.For the first time, it will set rates and bands for newly-devolved taxes to be paid from April 2018.
Ministers now have powers over landfill tax and land transaction tax, which has replaced stamp duty in Wales.Ministers now have powers over landfill tax and land transaction tax, which has replaced stamp duty in Wales.
Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said he had tried to prioritise pledges to build 20,000 more affordable homes and offer parents more free childcare.Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford said he had tried to prioritise pledges to build 20,000 more affordable homes and offer parents more free childcare.
Headline figures for each department will be announced, but a detailed breakdown of spending will not be published until later this month.Headline figures for each department will be announced, but a detailed breakdown of spending will not be published until later this month.
As well as varying taxes, the Welsh Government can now also borrow money.As well as varying taxes, the Welsh Government can now also borrow money.
Mr Drakeford called it a "very important and significant milestone" for devolution.Mr Drakeford called it a "very important and significant milestone" for devolution.
Some powers over income tax will be devolved in 2019.Some powers over income tax will be devolved in 2019.
A recent report by think tanks based at Cardiff University warned how commitments to protect the NHS, social services and schools had put other unprotected services under more pressure.A recent report by think tanks based at Cardiff University warned how commitments to protect the NHS, social services and schools had put other unprotected services under more pressure.
But Mr Drakeford said: "I don't think it's sensible to think about the budget as a choice between different services.But Mr Drakeford said: "I don't think it's sensible to think about the budget as a choice between different services.
"Our aim is to think of what matters to people in Wales and then to try to protect everything they need as best we can even in these most difficult circumstances." "Our aim is to think of what matters to people in Wales and then to try to protect everything they need as best we can - even in these most difficult circumstances."
Labour has already brokered a deal with Plaid Cymru to make sure the budget passes this year and next.Labour has already brokered a deal with Plaid Cymru to make sure the budget passes this year and next.
Worth around £210m, it includes agreements to spend money on medical training in north Wales and increase funding for mental health.Worth around £210m, it includes agreements to spend money on medical training in north Wales and increase funding for mental health.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies accused Plaid Cymru of selling itself out for a "bag of chips".
He said the agreement posed questions "over what support the Plaid Cymru group are now giving to the M4 relief road" - a proposed new £1bn motorway around Newport.
"One would assume, as it's a two-year deal, there would be substantial monies allocated to both these budgets, if the public inquiry gives the green light to that road progressing", he said.
Plaid Cymru is opposed to the black route, the Welsh Government's preferred option for the M4 relief road.
AM Rhun ap Iorwerth dismissed Tory criticism of its deal, saying a commitment not to cut the Supporting People grants for vulnerable individuals was "not a bag of chips".
On the matter of whether Plaid supported Labour's plans for the M4, he said: "This is not our budget, this is Labour's budget."
"We will not be supporting it - there will be a wide range of elements in this budget we will not be in agreement of."
Plaid Cymru will not vote in support of the 2017 and 2018 budgets, but will allow them to pass by abstaining.