Laura Anne Jones MS, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Local Government, has raised concerns about the inflated salaries of council Chief Executives across Wales. The Chief Executive of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council takes home nearly £200,000 a year, while Torfaen Council’s chief executive takes home £164,000, with Cardiff City Council’s chief executive taking home more than…
Across Wales, Councils are currently sitting on over £2 billion pounds in usable reserves, yet residents are facing an average Council Tax rise of 7.36%. Year after year, the people of Wales are hit with Council Tax rises, with many having seen their bill double since 2010, yet Councils are hoarding billions of pounds in…
The Rhondda Cynon Taf Council Highway Authority is primarily responsible for addressing the Rhigos Road flooded public road. Local council Highway Authorities have a statutory duty under the Highways Act 1980 to maintain public highways, including their drainage systems. This responsibility extends to repairing and maintaining drainage systems beneath the highway surface, clearing blockages, and…
Councils in England and Wales are sitting on more than £8bn of infrastructure contributions, including over £6bn from section 106 agreements and almost £2bn raised through the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), research by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has claimed. The HBF, which based its findings on responses to Freedom of Information requests from 208…
Responding to Newport Council’s proposed 8.5% increase to council tax, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: “The eye-watering council tax hike put forward by Labour in Newport will compound misery for residents. “With household budgets already stretched by the cost of living crisis, residents will find it even harder to make…
