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Ruth Mosalski

'It's not the big reform that's needed' - The genuine worries over plans to overhaul Wales' council tax system

The Welsh Government wants to completely change the way council tax is worked out in Wales. They want to revalue all Wales 1.5m homes and add more bands. You can read the detail to the plans, which are now out for public consultation here.

But the proposals haven't had the warmest of welcome. Our readers had big concerns, some of which we put to the Welsh Government economy minister Vaughan Gething in a press conference on Tuesday.

Readers raised concerns about council tax bills potentially going up based on the existing council tax formula. "Just because the value of your home has increased, doesn't mean you can afford to pay higher rates. This Welsh Government is an absolute joke. I really can't understand why people vote for them," said Karen Jones.

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