Elin Jones MS

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Money

COUNCIL TAX: Bands stay stuck on 2003 values into the 2030s as Plaid shelves the revaluation to save £80m

A quarter of households could have gone up a band, a quarter down. The Finance Minister says cushioning the losers…

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Kit Peters
A close-up of an electric vehicle charging cable plugged into a charging point, with a car connected in the background
business rates

EV CHARGING: Wales scraps business rates for charging points until 2036

Operators of electric vehicle charging bays and forecourts will pay no business rates for a decade, under Welsh Government plans…

Rhun ap Iorwerth speaking in the Senedd chamber, gesturing, with MSs seated behind him.
ALN

BUDGET DEFEAT: Plaid government’s £294m spending plan voted down 49–44 — as schools funding row claims its first casualty

The new Welsh Government has lost the vote on its first budget — with £294m for NHS waiting lists, childcare…

Adam Price MS

Senedd to be recalled to pay tribute to HRH Prince Philip – with election campaigning suspended as mark of respect

The Senedd is being recalled on Monday 12 April to pay tribute to the life and service of HRH Prince…