Peter Fox speaks out on council tax

Monmouth MS Peter Fox calls for fairness in the council tax system

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00:00In England, council tax rises are making the headlines

00:04because local authorities, as we know, are pushing up toward the cap of 5%.

00:09They're already announcing that.

00:10However, in Wales, many residents can only imagine a 5% increase.

00:17In my own constituency, for instance, last year, council tax rose by 7.9%

00:21on a previous year of 7.8%,

00:26and the previous year to that of just fractionally under 6%.

00:30I mean, these huge increases are having a real pressure on families,

00:35especially at this time when they're dealing with the costs of living

00:38and the challenges that go with that.

00:40So, Cabinet Secretary, why is it fair that councils in Wales

00:44have the power to raise councils so drastically

00:47while councils in England, also under Labour control,

00:50are legally restricted from raising them past 5% without that referendum?

00:56Yeah.