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Richard Youle

Carmarthenshire Council plans big council tax rise despite getting millions more from Welsh Government

A 4.39% council tax rise has been proposed in Carmarthenshire to help deal with what one senior councillor described as "genuinely unprecedented" cost pressures.

The council is in line to receive £311.6 million from the Welsh Government in 2022-23 - that's £26 million more than the current financial year and a rise of 9.2%.

Cabinet members have approved a raft of budget proposals which would result in it spending £417.8m on core services like education and waste collection, with the remaining £106.2 million coming from council tax.

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