'Lower than Originally Planned' - Council Tax to Rise by 3.75

'Lower than originally planned' - Council Tax to rise by 3.75

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council has approved a 3.75 per cent increase in council tax.

Lone Reform councillor proposes lower council tax rise in alternative budget

Bedwellty House (Image: ALT) and Cllr Jonathan Millard (Image: Reform UK) Elgan Hearn, Local Democracy Reporter Reform UK’s only councillor in a south Wales county borough put forward an alternative budget that offered to bring down the Council Tax hike from 3.75 per cent to 2.8 per cent. At a meeting of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council on Thursday, March 5, councillors met to approve the budget for 2026/2027, which includes the Council Tax …