Council Tax Levels in North Wales

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 2:15 pm on 20 June 2018.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:15, 20 June 2018

Of course, Llywydd, as finance Minister I take a close interest, and will continue to, in the outcome of the consultation on the Green Paper that the Cabinet Secretary has conducted, and the issue to which the Member points—differential rates of council tax between authorities—has undoubtedly been a theme in that consultation. Of course, the biggest differential lies not between Welsh authorities but between authorities in Wales and authorities in England, where English council tax payers on average have to pay £179 extra every year.