HOUSEHOLDS across the Vale of Glamorgan will have received their new council tax demands with anger as they face higher bills but cuts to services such as libraries, street lighting and winter gritting.
In just three years the Labour-Llantwit First coalition that run the Vale Council have increased Band D average council tax by £130, a result of cuts to Wales by a different coalition in Westminster and the Labour government in Cardiff.
That’s a 14 per cent increase in our council tax in three years – more than two and half times the rate of inflation.
In contrast, Plaid Cymru in the Vale has proposed a reduced council tax and to protect services, such as our libraries.
Our economic proposals mean that Wales would be £2 billion better off under Plaid Cymru than under a Labour government, and much better off than if the current Westminster government is re-elected, with all of the damage that would do to Wales.
Plaid Cymru believes that investment, better jobs and a Living Wage is better for our economy than making cuts to public services. May’s General Election is about sending Westminster that message.
Cllr Ian Johnson
Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales candidate for the Vale of Glamorgan
Barry
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