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Rhondda Cynon Taf residents to pay 4.7% more in council tax next year
Mar 9, 2025
Anthony Lewis – Local democracy reporter
Residents of Rhondda Cynon Taff look set to pay 4.7% more in council tax next year.
The budget for 2025-26 approved by full council on Wednesday, March 5, shows this proposed council tax increase would mean band A properties pay £1.02 extra per week and band D properties pay £1.53 extra per week.
Increasing council tax by 4.7% would reduce the remaining budget gap by £769,000, the budget report said.
Plaid Cymru had put forward an alternative proposal for council tax and reserves use which would see the council tax increase for the 2025-26 year reduce from 4.7% to 4% by taking £1.22m out of the transitional reserve to balance the budget but this amendment was unsuccessful.
In the budget approved by full council, the plan is for schools to be allocated funding next year to cover in full all their pressures, which will see an extra £2m allocated to the individual schools budget (ISB).
This will see the schools budget increase by £11.2m for next year, or 5.6%, the report said. Resources for teachers’ pension costs have been allocated to schools and the ISB base budget requirement has been adjusted to reflect lower energy budget requirements.
Pressures
The report also highlighted £500,000 of one-off funding which the council used to support the schools budget for 2024-25, ring-fenced for ongoing cost pressures associated with additional learning needs.
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