QNR – Senedd Cymru ar 18 Ionawr 2023.
The Government is providing unhypothecated revenue funding of over £5.5 billion and £180m capital funding in the 2023-24 local government settlement in support of Local Authority services, including highways maintenance.
My priorities are set out in our Programme for Government and 2023-24 Draft Budget, which I published on 13 December 2022; a Budget made in hard times, but one that maintains our commitment to prioritise public services and the most vulnerable, whilst continuing to create a stronger, fairer and greener Wales.
Welsh local authorities have had discretionary powers to apply council tax premiums to long-term empty dwellings and second homes since 2016. From 1 April 2023, the maximum level of premium will increase to 300%. It is for individual authorities to decide whether to apply a premium and at what level.