Public finances

The Welsh Government's budget, how the UK Treasury funds Wales, Welsh taxes and council tax reform.

In the Programme for Government this sits under the well-being objective Standing up for Wales and demanding fairness from Westminster.

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ThemesEverything The Welsh budget Funding from the UK Treasury Welsh taxes Council tax

Showing the theme Funding from the UK Treasury. The Programme commitments are the brief's as a whole.

Statements and debates: 2; in the Seventh Senedd
Contributions: 203; in the Seventh Senedd
Written questions: 3; in the Seventh Senedd
Commitments raised: 8 of 8; in the Seventh Senedd

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Where things stand
What the government has promised
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Where things stand

Statistics published by the Welsh Government. Each chart covers the years since the 2016 Senedd election, or as far back as the figures go, and marks each election since.

Average Band D council tax

£2,283

2026-27

A year earlier: £2,170 (2025-26)

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Average Band D council tax: every figure in the chart, newest first.
Period	Wales
2026-27	£2,283
2025-26	£2,170
2024-25	£2,024
2023-24	£1,879
2022-23	£1,777
2021-22	£1,731
2020-21	£1,667
2019-20	£1,591
2018-19	£1,492
2017-18	£1,420
2016-17	£1,374

What the government has promised

8 commitments in the Welsh Government's Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 fall under this brief, in the Programme's own words. Under each is how often it has been raised in the Seventh Senedd.

Fair tax

Explore ways to make Council Tax fairer.
Latest figure: Average Band D council tax, £2,283, 2026-27.
Raised in 4 speeches. Most recently on 14 October 2026, by Francesca O'Brien. Matched on: “council tax reform”.
Read it in the ProgrammeAlso followed in: Councils and public services.
Use our devolved tax levers to support essential public services, and design our taxes to support our goals, including helping home buying, and reducing waste in landfill.
Raised in 19 speeches. Most recently on 14 October 2026, by Elin Jones. Matched on: “land transaction tax”.
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Demanding fairness from Westminster: Fair funding

Pursue fiscal reform, including fairness in the way Wales is funded, the operation of the Barnett Formula, greater fiscal flexibilities, fair funding of devolved powers, and further responsibilities for the Senedd over taxes in Wales.
Raised in 109 speeches, 2 agenda items and 1 written question. Most recently on 14 October 2026, by Rebeca Phillips. Matched on: “fair funding”.
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Fight for the rail funding we are owed and that we need to invest in Welsh rail – including consequential funding from HS2 – and for rail to be devolved.
Raised in 58 speeches, 1 agenda item, 1 written question and 1 petition. Most recently on 20 October 2026, by Rhun ap Iorwerth. Matched on: “rail funding”.
Read it in the ProgrammeAlso followed in: Transport.
Deliver a national programme to secure and restore disused tips, ensuring every tip is properly monitored, maintained, and managed. We will continue to insist that the UK government funds this work properly and in full.
Raised in 24 speeches. Most recently on 30 September 2026, by Niamh Salkeld. Matched on: “coal tips”.
Read it in the ProgrammeAlso followed in: Climate and nature.
Establish a Wales‑wide strategy on remediating contaminated land to map, prioritise and progressively restore post‑industrial land so communities are no longer exposed to derelict sites, toxic soils, and polluted waterways. We will continue to press the UK government to fund this restoration.
Raised in 18 speeches, 1 agenda item, 1 written question and 1 petition. Most recently on 30 September 2026: Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Contaminated land. Matched on: “Contaminated land”.
Read it in the ProgrammeAlso followed in: Climate and nature.
Seek the devolution of air passenger duty.
Raised in 2 speeches. Most recently on 6 October 2026, by Elin Jones. Matched on: “air passenger duty”.
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Explore new and innovative forms of financing.
Raised in 3 speeches. Most recently on 6 October 2026, by Sera Evans. Matched on: “mutual investment model”.
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Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.