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Proposals for Welsh council tax referendums
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 referendum in order to increase council tax by 5% or more.

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...

WALES

Welsh councils 'very close' to issuing s114 notices

By Paul Marinko | 11 November 2025

Wales’ outgoing auditor general has reportedly said some of the country’s councils are ‘very clos...

FINANCE

LGPS bigger than it has ever been

By Dan Peters | 23 October 2025

The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for England and Wales has continued to grow in size an...

COUNCIL TAX

'Outdated and harmful': Council bailiff use soars 30%

By William Eichler | 20 October 2025

The use of bailiffs by local authorities in England and Wales has surged by 30% in just two years...

FINANCE

The Welsh Way: Reimagining local government through social partnership

By Cllr Jane Gebbie | 14 October 2025

As the UK and Welsh budgets are debated, Cllr Jane Gebbie says a social partnership mindset can h...

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