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Steven Morris is a Guardian reporter covering Wales.

The Welsh first minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth, sounded a rather gloomy note at his press conference to mark the start of the new Senedd term, warning the country faced a “very challenging” financial picture for the rest of the decade.

Our budget for day-to-day spending next year will be lower in real terms than this year. Our capital budget will fall in real terms every year until the end of the decade.