I Don't Know What the Spending Review Will Hold for Us, Warns Hutt ; Minister Will Try to Keep Benefits Like Free Bus Passes for Pensioners

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FINANCE Minister Jane Hutt says one of her top priorities in devising a new Assembly Government Budget will be to maintain universal benefits like free bus passes for pensioners.

But she stressed she cannot offer guarantees because she can't be sure how extensive the cuts on Wales will be until the UK Government publishes its spending review on October 20.

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I Don't Know What the Spending Review Will Hold for Us, Warns Hutt ; Minister Will Try to Keep Benefits Like Free Bus Passes for Pensioners

Ms Hutt has been a Cabinet Minister since the National Assembly was established in 1999, but she faces a tough battle to retain her Vale of Glamorgan seat next May.

Next week she embarks on a tour of Wales to seek the views of people working in the public sector about w...

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