Council tax

Jane DoddsLib Dem

22 October 2024, Plenary

& 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

…the current system that we have is completely dysfunctional. If we think about it, we are paying our council tax; that goes straight into the shareholders' pockets and it doesn't meet the needs of those really vulnerable children. As Rowan Gray powerfully testified to the Health and Social Care…

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Jane HuttLabour

16 October 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip

…the Welsh benefits charter, one route to accessing free school meals, the school essentials grant, the council tax reduction scheme and the education maintenance allowance. What we need to do is ensure there's one route in to getting the money that people and families need in order to tackle…

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Jane HuttLabour

16 October 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip

…actually increasing and that will, of course, be a gateway. Because also, it’s a gateway to help with council tax bills, paying rent, free NHS dental treatment and free tv licences for the over-75s, so we need to ensure—. And through our Welsh benefits charter, which is trying to help ensure that…

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Mark DrakefordLabour

15 October 2024, Plenary

Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Welsh language communities

…increased very swiftly as well, over the period of the pilot. The recent figures have now come out for council tax in Gwynedd and Dwyfor, and they can demonstrate if the number of second homes has gone up or gone down. That information will be included in the statement that Jayne Bryant will be…

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Carolyn ThomasLabour

14 October 2024, Petitions Committee

New Petitions

…should exclude expenses that every other household in Wales faces, so no more paying utility bills, council tax, rent or home improvements. Travelling expenses should only be to the value of the equivalent cost on public transport and any hotel stays should be paid at Travelodge rates.' The…

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Reg Kilpatrick

10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

—and Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Monmouthshire have got a common council tax discount scheme, which they've developed together, and, in the Vale, there is a telecare project that's been developed. So, I accept the point that we need to do more and go further and faster, and for that local government…

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James EvansConservative

10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Because some councils do tend to reduce council tax increases by use of reserves, which I never used to like doing, because I thought it was a short-term fix for a long-term problem. But I'm just interested—is that something the Cabinet Secretary, with financial management—? I know it's up to local…

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Siân GwenllianPlaid

10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

…have been a number of national schemes started to try and tackle the problem of second homes, including council tax premiums, the new threshold for short-term holiday lets, and also the ability for local authorities to use article 4. Do you encourage other local authorities to go about using article…

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Siân GwenllianPlaid

10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Torfaen haven't got a council tax premium.

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Sarah Rhodes

10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

I was just going to say I think it's early days in terms of the impact that some of that is having in terms of those different council tax rates—

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Lee WatersLabour

10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

…of pain for those who are sitting on empty properties and are not doing anything, and that's where the council tax premiums were due to come in. I see that 18 of the 22 local authorities have council tax premiums. I don't have granular information about the rate at which they're being levied. I…

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Jenny RathboneLabour

9 October 2024, Plenary

Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Sound the Alarm: The Governance of Fire and Rescue Services'

…you need so much money? Because the poor old tax base is going to have to shell out more money in its council tax because you're asking for more. And what is the worth of your request for more money as opposed to social services or education or any other thing that local authorities have to deal…

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James EvansConservative

2 October 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Thank you for your answer, Cabinet Secretary. The Liberal Democrats that are running Powys County Council this year put council tax up by 7.5 per cent and are forecasting putting it up next year by 5 per cent. This has all come to light at a time when the number of senior managers in Powys County…

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