<p>The Distribution of Local Government Funding</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:39 pm on 4 July 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:39, 4 July 2017

Could I thank my friend, Eluned Morgan, for the work that she has done, and the deep interest she takes in rural communities across Wales? We know that rural Wales will have specific challenges particularly with regard to Brexit. We welcome, as a Government, the publication of the report, and it will form part of the strategy that we have to deliver further for rural Wales in the next few years, post Brexit.

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