Commenting on the publication of the Welsh Labour Government’s Final Local Government Settlement, Janet Finch-Saunders AM, Shadow Minister for Local Government, said:
“A tough financial settlement matched by Labour’s failure to freeze Council Tax is going to pass the burden of funding essential services on to hard-pressed families.
“It is shameful that Labour Ministers blocked Councils from freezing Council Tax, despite having received £39million to pay for it from the UK Government.
“With such a squeeze on funding from the Welsh Labour Government, Councils are now faced with the difficult task of delivering efficiencies to limit the burden of Council Tax rises on taxpayers.”
