Welsh Government's rollover budget could harm local communities

Welsh Government's rollover budget could harm local communities

Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford – Image: Senedd Cymru Mike Hedges – Member of the Senedd for Swansea East I agree with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance’s view that setting a budget that is effectively a roll over budget is a sensible thing to do in the final year of the Senedd. As currently suggested however, a rollover budget would mean that councils would have to prepare for a combination of very high council tax rises, cuts to services and/…