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4.3% boost for Welsh councils

Councils will receive £6.1bn from the Welsh Government to spend on delivering key services, increasing core revenue funding by 4.3% next year, ministers have announced.

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Councils will receive £6.1bn from the Welsh Government to spend on delivering key services, increasing core revenue funding by 4.3% next year, ministers have announced.

The cabinet secretary for housing and local government, Jayne Bryant, said every local authority would benefit from an increase of at least 2.8% next year.

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