{"id":30148,"date":"2018-02-22T16:31:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T16:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=30148"},"modified":"2018-02-22T16:31:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T16:31:53","slug":"university-graduates-hit-hard-hike-council-taxes-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/university-graduates-hit-hard-hike-council-taxes-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"University graduates to be hard hit by hike in council taxes in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Cardiff Council announced a 5% increase in taxes which has caused massive disappointment among residents especially recent university graduates.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recent university graduates in Cardiff will be hit by the proposed increase in council tax in the 2018-2019 budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 5% \u00a0increase is meant to raise an extra \u00a36.4m and will represent an additional charge of \u00a31.05 a week for residents of B and D properties in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The average council tax in Wales is \u00a31,251 per home, a 5% rise will add an extra \u00a362.50 a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30152\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30152\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/2-2-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30152\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/2-2-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Stephanie Warner, 26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephanie Warner a graduate from Cardiff university said,\u201cIt will hit me quite hard. It\u2019s better because my partner gets a discount yet it is expensive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She says that the taxes have become a burden and said that she sees no justified reason for the tax hike.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30153\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30153\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/1-1-1-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30153\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/1-1-1-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Taxpayers alliance protest in Cardiff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The taxpayers alliance said, that, \u201cAt a time when the cost of living is rising and wages are stagnating, further increases in council tax are a major burden to households.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The organization also claimed that they have uncovered many examples of taxpayers&#8217; money being wasted by local councils on bad investments \u00a0and poor procurement decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They believe that Councils need to get their spending under control before asking families to pay more tax.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While some residents cannot afford to pay more taxes, others are unsatisfied with the dysfunction and careless spending by the council.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201dCardiff has much more litter around. The roads, the pavements everything should be repaired. So I don\u2019t know where the money is being spent,\u201d says Dean, a local resident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He argues that the council has been responsible for wasting millions in unnecessary things and have not been successful in making progress in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30155\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30155\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30155\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/3-3-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30155\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/3-3-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> David Bell, 61, a local resident.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">David Bell, 61 said, \u201cIf it was for genuine services and improvement, I wouldn\u2019t mind paying more because I can with my disposable income. But I am not happy with the way the council is running.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He argues that the council should focus on good services and maintenance. \u201cThere should be provisions for old people like meals on wheels. If the money is spent and invested that way it makes sense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernization and Performance,Chris Weaver argued that the tax hike is inevitable as the councils across the UK are struggling to make ends meet and Council Tax rates must be increased \u00a0to compensate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to improve the city\u2019s schools, the city\u2019s roads and transport infrastructure, the city\u2019s leisure and housing offerings and we are going to help create jobs. Soso that everyone can share in the benefits we want to bring to our city,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30156\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/5-625x835.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"835\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30156\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/02\/5-625x835.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"835\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents including university graduates are disappointed with the 5% increase in the council tax. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":30162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-30148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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