Welsh Labour leader Ken Skates has indicated he wants a budget deal with Plaid Cymru ministers, while insisting that additional learning needs (ALN) funding remains his party's top priority.

The Welsh government's supplementary spending plans were defeated in the Senedd in July after Labour refused to back proposed budget changes.

Skates said Labour was "keen still to negotiate with the government" and stressed that "we really do need to have cooperation to get budgets through this place".

Plaid minister Heledd Fychan said ministers had already offered £120m over three years for ALN support and questioned whether Labour had developed a plan to spend its proposed £100m package.

Fychan was a guest on the BBC's Walescast podcast as part of a series of summer interviews with leading Welsh politicians.

Without a majority in the Senedd, Plaid Cymru needs opposition support to pass spending plans.

Reform and the Welsh Conservatives said no negotiations had taken place with them and both parties voted against the spending plans.

The defeat of the supplementary budget before the summer recess was the first significant setback for Plaid Cymru since its election victory in May, ending Labour's 27 years in government.

Speaking to BBC Wales, Skates said it was "for the government to bring forward a supplementary budget for debate and for a vote".

"But we're keen still to negotiate with the government to get the best possible outcome for the people that we serve.

"We've been very clear for many weeks now that our top priority is dealing with the pressures we see in education because of the demand for additional learning needs support."

Fychan, Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport, is also Trefnydd and Chief Whip, responsible for steering government business through the Senedd.

She questioned Labour's call for £100m to be allocated to ALN support by April.

"One of the things that was very clear initially was that there wasn't a plan on how to spend that money," she said.

The minister said the government had been working with councils and reaching out to all parties on a long-term approach to ALN provision.

She also stressed the need for cross-party cooperation, saying Plaid remained open to cooperating with other parties and expressing hope Senedd members could "find a way to pass that budget together collectively".

Appearing on the BBC Radio Cymru podcast Gwleidydda at the Eisteddfod earlier this month, First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth acknowledged the challenges of governing without a majority.

"We recognise that we are a minority government and therefore wanted to discuss budgets and legislation with other parties in an open way," he said.

"The lesson for us is that we need to find more formal, earlier and deeper ways of ensuring that those discussions take place."

Ahead of the supplementary budget defeat in July, Reform Wales leader Dan Thomas said his party would seek guaranteed jobs for all student nurses and midwives, more funding for ALN provision, and an end to Welsh government spending overseas.

Sam Rowlands, the Welsh Conservatives' finance spokesperson, called for increased ALN funding, greater support for small businesses and farmers, and tax cuts.