Council Tax Rates

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 9 March 2022.

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Photo of Vikki Howells Vikki Howells Labour 2:01, 9 March 2022

Minister, tomorrow Rhondda Cynon Taf council will be voting on their budget for 2022-23. Thanks to your local government settlement, which empowers Welsh councils, under these proposals services will be protected, and additional funding will be allocated to schools, social services and to support a minimum rate of pay above the real living wage, all whilst limiting the council tax increase to 1 per cent, which I believe is one of the lowest in Wales. Do you agree that this is an excellent example of a Labour-run authority supporting its residents during the cost-of-living crisis whilst protecting the key services upon which they all rely?