A Welsh language pressure group has announced it will host a rally promoting a message of 'Nid yw Cymru ar Werth' (Wales is Not for Sale) during the same Bank Holiday weekend as King Charles III's official coronation later this year. The rally, which is being organised by Cymdeithas yr Iaith, will take place in the historical town of Caernarfon in Gwynedd on Monday, May 8, where campaigners will call for better housing for people who can't afford homes in Wales.
From April this year, a change in Welsh Government legislation means that all county councils in Wales are permitted to hike council tax premiums by up to 300% in a bid to tackle the increasing number of second homes and holiday lets in Wales. You can get the latest WalesOnline newsletters e-mailed to you directly for free by signing up here.
The government will also change the rules on holiday lets come April, meaning holiday homes that are currently let out for more than 70 days a year and which are available to be let out for more than 140 will instead have to be let out for more than 182 days and be available for let for upwards of 252 days in order to pay business rates instead of council tax.
