Not had a chance to go through the budget in any detail but here’s one for our politicians, rather than wallowing in the misery of others and moaning endlessly about the unfairness of the budget, how about Labour, Plaid Cymru and WAG Ministers take proactive steps to mitigate some of the downsides of the Conservative/Lib Dem budget and negotiate a freeze Welsh Council Tax with the WLGA for next year?
The Scottish Government has managed to freeze Scottish Council Tax for the last 3 years with a block grant like Wales and Councils in England will get assistance to freeze English Council Tax as the Chancellor George Osborne announced today, so is it really beyond the capabilities of the folks in WAG to sort this out for families in Wales who have been hit particularly hard.
This is a real opportunity for the WAG to prove its worth to Welsh voters and with a referendum on more powers due next year would be smart politics to pursue, but will the governing parties in Cardiff Bay seize the opportunity or will they as I expect revert to type and just complain bitterly over the cuts and rehash the old 1980’s tune about the ‘nasty Conservatives’ with a new chorus about the ‘sell out Lib Dems’ in the months and years ahead.Any source
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