Is council tax worth the money?

With council tax rises across the country, we’re asking people in Cardiff whether they think it’s worth the money we have to pay.

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00:00It's getting far too much, but then without the bin men, we'd all be stuffed. I mean,

00:04we need them big time. And we need certain things, you know, around for the council as

00:09well. However, a lot of the councils have bust as well, which wasn't helped by COVID

00:13loans and all those fraudulent companies that were made. I think Essex Council, for example,

00:19has gone bust as a result of some of these COVID loans, which they've never been able

00:23to get their money back from. So it's not all about sort of us paying extra. It's about

00:27the council taking responsibility for their decisions as well.

00:30By today's standards, we get a lot done quite reasonably. But as I get older and older,

00:36I have less and less respect for some of our politicians and local authorities. If I was

00:41younger and more active, I could do a better job, I fancy. But there we are. There we are.

00:45It is a difficult one. I think there's a lot of things that you feel like you're not getting

00:51your money's worth with the council tax. Things like, you know, rubbish on the streets, things

00:55like that. I think, yeah, we're not getting our money's worth.