TRADE unions cautiously welcomed the Welsh government’s budget for 2025-26 yesterday, but warned there was a long way to go in restoring public services.

Finance secretary Mark Drakeford said there will be an extra £1.5 billion to spend on public services in its £26bn budget for next April and said the budget was a “real opportunity” to “reinvigorate our public services.”

The health department will receive £610 million extra, while housing and local government, which funds social care, will get almost £400m.