P-05-1134 Cap all Welsh county council tax at 3%. A referendum of the public must take place to exceed 3%

P-05-1134 Cap all Welsh county council tax at 3%. A referendum of the public must take place to exceed 3%

This petition was submitted by Gerald Newton Jones, having collected a total of 524 signatures.

Text of Petition:                     

Living in Conwy county most of my life, born in Rhyl of Welsh parents and now retired we like everyone else had to suffer a 14.5% council tax increase the last 2 years. It's getting to the point where people living in Wales will either have to downsize their homes or move to England where the capping of such tax is still in force. This along with the Welsh Government soon to have control of 50% of our income tax will drive people and businesses out of Wales.

Additional Information:

The council tax for 2 pensioners living together in a standard property they built themselves now removes over 1/6 of their total pensions income. Then currently £1000 of their total pension income is further taxed at 20%.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 16/03/2021.

The Committee considered the petition for the first time. In light of the fact that individual local authorities and councillors are responsible for setting council tax, and the rejection by the Welsh Government of the proposals made in the petition, the Committee concluded that there is little more that it could achieve at this time and agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 16/03/2021.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Clwyd West
• North Wales

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