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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
I, too, have words in front of me, and it is the written statement and the update on council tax reform by Rebecca Evans in 2024, when the anticipated 2025 revaluation was delayed by the Government of the time until 2028. I read that written statement and it…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
Thank you for that contribution.
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
Thank you for your contribution and for understanding the context in which this decision has been taken. The Government did look seriously at continuing with revaluation in 2028. We have had a very serious set of conversations about the context for 2028 and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
Our fiscal position requires us to consider carefully the prospect of continuing with the revaluation programme. It requires us to ask not simply whether revaluation is desirable in principle, but whether proceeding represents the best use of the resources…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: An Update on Council Tax
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Today, I would like to update Members on our considerations regarding the council tax system, an issue that matters to households, communities and public services in all parts of Wales. There is wide recognition that the basis for…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
This is about making the tax system that we have clearer for all concerned, so that the rights that people have in the context of a tax system are made clear, as well as the responsibilities that they have to pay tax in accordance with the law of the land. As…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
The power to withhold payment pending investigation is a power that the WRA has sought in order to enable it to withhold, if it deems that necessary, while an investigation is being conducted. On the point that you have made in terms of ensuring that there is…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
In terms of the work of aligning processes and ensuring that there are systems in place that would allow any overlap required between HMRC and the WRA, that work is progressing where that needs to happen. That is an issue that is part of the day-to-day work…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
Thank you for those issues. I probably over-egged it in my second sentence in trying to seek that headline in describing this piece of legislation, because I see it primarily as a piece of legislation that reflects on what's happened over the last 10 years…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
I thank the Member for those questions and for welcoming this as the first Bill in this Senedd. I'm sorry that it isn't the most headline grabbing Bill that could have been introduced, but it does show the day-to-day work of Government, the day-to-day work of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
Llywydd, consultation is not a numbers game; it can often be about the detail of the consultation. It's not a surprise to me that there were few responses to this consultation that was held last year. The Bill itself, as I explained, is technical in nature…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Finance: Taxation (Wales) Bill
Llywydd, I'm pleased to introduce the Taxation (Wales) Bill to the Senedd; this package of changes represents the next stage in Wales's tax devolution journey. Nine years ago, this Senedd passed legislation introducing the land transaction tax and the…
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Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Of course, over the past few years, several local authorities in England have been granted permission by Whitehall to exceed referendum limits, that limit of 5 per cent. There are several references already made to this. For example, one of the exceptions…
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Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Llywydd, I welcome this opportunity to contribute to this debate on the proposal for a regime of council tax referenda similar to those seen in England. Plaid Cymru does not believe that the Welsh Government should impose arbitrary and fixed national targets…
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Reform UK Debate: Local referendums on council tax rises
Formally moved.
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Your question highlights probably the very real concerns that we all as elected Members in the Senedd have as to how we face the extreme weather challenges that will face us this winter, as have faced us in the summer past. You know that this Government takes…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Climate resilience is an important element of this Government’s work to protect communities and improve outcomes. The draft budget for 2027-28 will support programme for government priorities on climate and nature, including Net Zero Wales, alongside wider…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
This is a spoiler alert, but we will be voting against your motion later on. We don't agree that capping local authorities' council tax is a way of enabling local authorities to take the decisions they need to take locally as elected members. The main…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Taxes fund public services that benefit everyone. Fair and proportionate tax policies will support people and businesses in Carmarthenshire. Our changes to rebalance non-domestic rates will benefit communities by supporting vibrant high streets and town…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
I'm not sure if I'd pass the cook test, but I'll try and pass the budget test. There's a range of tools and approaches that can help us understand the impacts of spending decisions before we take them, and gender budgeting is certainly one of those tools. But…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
This Government is committed to tackling gender inequality and ensuring that equality is properly considered at every stage of budget decision making. Our primary focus as a Government is on the outcomes we achieve, and we must carefully consider which tools…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
I certainly recognise that additional learning needs is a challenge in terms of funding and provision for colleges, post-16 education, as well as our schools. A lot of the focus of the discussion seems to be on schools, but it is a very real challenge for…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
As part of the budget process, I have regular discussions with all Cabinet Ministers. Decisions on further education funding, like all budget decisions, are considered within wider Cabinet discussions on priorities.
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
Thank you for that point. As you know, the Government is interested in being able to bring more empty properties back into active use, especially into residential use. And on the point that you made there about the difficulties that some property developers…
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Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Finance
The important piece of this jigsaw that you didn't mention there was that the land transaction tax in Wales has a much higher starting threshold than in England. So, the starting threshold in Wales is £225,000. There are around 55 per cent and more of…
