Council tax

Mike HedgesLabour

12 January 2026, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

Do Members have anything to add? No. Are we happy with the reporting points? Yes. I can see people nodding. Item 2.3, the Council Tax (Discounts, Disregards and Exemptions) (Wales) Regulations 2026—draft report. The current system of council tax discounts, disregards and exemptions is set out in the…

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Mike HedgesLabour

12 January 2026, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

This takes us to item 2, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3. The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026. Council tax reduction schemes are the mechanism…

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Barbara Griffiths

30 January 2025, Finance Committee

Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6

…If I had not reached the 182-day requirement at the time, I would then have been liable to pay premium council tax, which would probably have been at about £3,000. So, that would have brought my profit down to £1,000. That would have been my total income for the year, which I might even have had to…

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Alistair Handyside

30 January 2025, Finance Committee

Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6

…mentioned some and I will put them so they’re on the record. There’s the 182 threshold; there are the council tax premiums; there are the fire regs—which we fully support, but it’s another expensive intervention; there’s the abolition of FHL allowances, which is having a huge impact; article 4…

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Sam RowlandsConservative

30 January 2025, Finance Committee

Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5

…Senedd. Part of the way in which the RSG is distributed is based on local authorities' ability to raise council tax revenue on its council tax base. Just to play devil's advocate, why wouldn't the Welsh Government consider that with the visitor levy as well? Because obviously some parts of Wales…

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Carolyn ThomasLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

…Government. I know that previously, Conwy council's leader wanted to use the reserves rather than raise council tax, and cut education funding, and those were decisions that were made that really impacted that council. But thank goodness now we do have a forward-thinking council that's looking to…

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Mark DrakefordLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

Thank you for those questions. Let me assure the Member that had there been a council tax freeze in Wales, then the increases in precepts that local authorities would need to make now in order to make up for that would well exceed those that councils in Wales are reporting as under consideration for…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

…the financial levers here in Wales, and over that time, you did not, for three years, hand over the council tax freeze money that came from the UK Conservative Government. Conwy residents now are facing the alarming prospect of a third year of a 10 per cent council tax increase. They can't afford…

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Mark DrakefordLabour

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

I thank the Member for that question. The setting of budgets and council tax levels every year is a matter for democratically accountable local councils. I ask those local authorities to consider carefully the balance between maintaining services and the financial pressures on households, and to…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

29 January 2025, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language

5. What steps is the Cabinet Secretary taking to reduce the burden of annual high council tax increases? OQ62199

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Mike HedgesLabour

27 January 2025, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered

Item 4, instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Senedd under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3—previously considered. The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025. The committee considered and laid its report…

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Yr Athro Calvin Jones

23 January 2025, Finance Committee

Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 3

…a bad tax. And certainly, if you look at the impact of the second homes levy, that second homes council tax, that, I think, is a much more different kind of thing in terms of how that will affect the shape of the visitor economy. So, that's the first point I'd make. I wouldn't get too exercised…

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Dr Rhys ap Gwilym

23 January 2025, Finance Committee

Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2

…The only other comparison that I can think of is if we think about what the residents pay in terms of council tax. So, if you work out, on a per capita basis, on average, residents in Wales are paying about £700 a year in council tax. So, £2 per night, on average, across Wales, in council tax. So…

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