{"id":85185,"date":"2024-03-15T15:37:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=85185"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:37:50","slug":"vale-residents-to-pay-over-100-more-in-council-tax-than-cardiff-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/03\/15\/vale-residents-to-pay-over-100-more-in-council-tax-than-cardiff-neighbours\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale residents to pay over \u00a3100 more in council tax than Cardiff neighbours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Balancing the budget was an \u2018unprecedented financial challenge\u2019, says council leader<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>RESIDENTS of the Vale of Glamorgan will pay on average \u00a3123 more council tax than their Cardiff neighbours in the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both councils sent letters to residents this week, outlining what their payments will fund in the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn simple terms, costs are rising at a much faster rate than funding, making it impossible to maintain services at current levels,\u201d said leader of the Vale of Glamorgan Council, Lis Burnett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-flourish wp-block-embed-flourish\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/17169687\/embed#?secret=xOfp1Gr8Nb\" data-secret=\"xOfp1Gr8Nb\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"575\" width=\"700\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/17169687\/embed#?secret=xOfp1Gr8Nb\" data-secret=\"xOfp1Gr8Nb\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"575\" width=\"700\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>In Cardiff, council tax has increased by 6%, and in the Vale of Glamorgan it has increased by 6.7%<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Burnett said\u00a0balancing the budget this year had been an \u201cunprecedented financial challenge\u201d and she was proud the tax hadn\u2019t been increased by more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About one third of council funding comes from council tax, half from the Welsh Government and the rest is from business rates. In the case of the Vale of Glamorgan, council tax will bring in \u00a399 million, while Cardiff will get \u00a3209 million this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Households will receive their annual Council Tax bills in the coming days \u2709\ufe0f<br><br>Have a query  about your bill?<br><br>\u2049\ufe0f  Check our FAQ\u2019s<br><br>\ud83d\udcac Use our online form to contact the Council Tax team directly<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tATXw40p0z\">https:\/\/t.co\/tATXw40p0z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tVaPq6yy9k\">pic.twitter.com\/tVaPq6yy9k<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vale Council \ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc77\udb40\udc6c\udb40\udc73\udb40\udc7f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@VOGCouncil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VOGCouncil\/status\/1767996551878816108?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>This tweet outlines where the Vale council funding comes from and how it is spent.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vale rate for council tax is above the Welsh average while Cardiff sits below it. In Cardiff, council tax has increased by 6% for 2024-25, and in the Vale of Glamorgan it has increased by 6.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Band D represents the average dwelling in each local authority so it is most often used for comparisons. 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