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EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
COUNCIL TAX

EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas

By Dan Peters | 08 April 2026

Poorer areas tend to offer less council tax support than more affluent areas more than a decade after the policy was localised, fresh analysis shared with The MJ has revealed.

HEALTH AND CARE INTEGRATION

Care partnership set to disband

By Martin Ford | 24 March 2026

Councils in Wales have called time on a partnership pooling health and care budgets.

FINANCE

Call for Welsh tax divergence from England

By Martin Ford | 20 March 2026

Wales should diverge from England on local taxation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has r...

SOCIAL CARE

How do we make a success of a National Care Service?

By William Burns | 11 March 2026

England, Scotland and Wales are at different stages of their journey towards a National Care Serv...

WALES

Proposals for Welsh council tax referendums

By Dan Peters | 05 March 2026

Conservatives and Reform UK have proposed a requirement for local authorities to hold a referendu...

PAY

EXCLUSIVE: Pay spine review kicks off

By Dan Peters | 26 February 2026

Work has started on a review of the national pay scale used to determine salaries for most counci...

FINANCE

Lessons in tourism levies

By Martin Ford | 05 February 2026

Powers to implement visitor levies will soon be available in all corners of the country. Martin F...

WALES

Welsh Government funding boost for councils

By Joe Lepper | 22 January 2026

The Welsh Government has confirmed it will make £112.8m in additional funding available to local ...

FINANCE

Council tax prison call

By Dan Peters | 11 December 2025

England should follow Scotland and Wales in scrapping the sanction of imprisonment for non-paymen...

FINANCE

Prevention, people and the future of public services in Wales

By Joanne Pitt | 05 December 2025

The idea of prevention being both necessary and achievable became a thread that ran through the ...

WALES

Welsh settlement 'does not come close' to matching pressures

By William Eichler | 25 November 2025

Local authority leaders across Wales have warned the provisional 2026-27 local government settlem...

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