In the debate, Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford told the Senedd he had been able to “provide an uplift to every part of the public service here in Wales, as well as to many other important areas”.
“Key areas such as the NHS, local government, education, transport and climate change will all benefit from this additional funding,” he said.
But Conservative Finance Spokesman Sam Rowlands accused the Welsh government of an “obsessive focus on centralisation and government jobs at the expense of trusting people to spend their own money in the way they see best for their families”.
He called on ministers to use their tax powers “to reduce the tax burden on people across Wales and put more money back in the pockets of hard working people”.
Plaid also voted against the budget.
Plaid Cymru’s Heledd Fychan said “every independent analysis [and] every sector that is in crisis demonstrates in stark terms that the draft budget is not going to lead to a brighter future for Wales, as we were told when it was published”.
She said the Senedd should be “recommitting” to “ensure fair funding for Wales, along with the powers to enable us to manage our resources more effectively here in Wales”.
Labour won the vote: 29 for, 26 against, with one abstention.
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