8. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government Funding

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:46 pm on 27 March 2019.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 4:46, 27 March 2019

Thank you. I'm glad that you've taken an intervention and I'm glad that you've used the case of Pembrokeshire, because what Pembrokeshire have done over the years—and I used to be a Pembrokeshire county councillor—is use the claim of the lowest council tax in Wales, no rise just before elections, as an excuse and a reason to get re-elected. But what you need to look at underneath those headlines is: are they the highest charging authority for the services they provide by not actually increasing their council tax and putting the burden on everybody but on the people who need the services? That's what you need to do.