Council tax increase in Monmouthshire is agreed
Council leader, Cllr Peter Fox, said that although the council received an improved Welsh Government settlement with a rise of 3.9 per cent in funding, it is still the lowest funded authority per capita in Wales. “While we may have had a slightly better settlement this year, it has not moved us off the bottom,” he said. “3.9 per cent of very little is still very little.” But Cllr Dimitri Batrouni, the council’s Labour group leader, said the budget was “a wasted opportunity” following an improved Welsh Government settlement. “We will not support the poorest in our com...
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