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UK Government ‘embedding unfairness’ in latest financial statement
Rebecca Evans, the Minister for Finance and Local Government in the Welsh Government, has said the UK Government will ‘embed unfairness’ by failing to provide enough support to lower income households in the cost of living crisis.
Have your say on a visitor levy for Wales
The Welsh Government has launched a public consultation today on proposals to give local authorities the powers to introduce a visitor levy.
Devolved Government Finance Ministers' joint letter to Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi MP
Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and Local Government in the Welsh Government, alongside her counterparts Kate Forbes MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, in the Scottish Government and Conor Murphy MLA, Minister of Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive, have jointly written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadim Zahawi MP.
Fairer council tax for Wales
Council tax in Wales is set to be made fairer under new plans put forward by the Welsh Government.
Evolving approach to gender budgeting in Wales
The Welsh Government has outlined its approach to gender budgeting, with pilots and research helping to create a gender equal Wales.
Cost of living top of the agenda for Finance Ministers
Finance Ministers across the UK met in Cardiff today, with how to support people and businesses with soaring bills dominating discussion.
Instrument contract with added social value is music to Finance Minister’s ears
Finance and Local Government Minister Rebecca Evans visited a workshop in Merthyr today to see carbon neutral plastic trombones being assembled for Wales’s 7yr olds.
£150 cost of living payments arrive with more than 330,000 households
More than £50m has been provided to Welsh households to help tackle the cost of living crisis, through a £150 cost of living payment that has already reached 332,710 homes.
£380m to help tackle the Cost-of-Living crisis in Wales
With the Office for Budget Responsibility stating that 2022-2023 will see the biggest fall in living standards in the UK since records began and as the National Insurance rise and the energy price cap lift push people further into hardship, Minister for Social Justice, Jane Hutt and Minister for Finance and Local Government, Rebecca Evans, have set out the package of support that the Welsh Government have developed to help the most vulnerable in society and called for more action from the UK Government.
Threadbare Spring Statement lets down people struggling with rising cost of living
Welsh Government Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has said the Spring Statement has let down people struggling with the rising costs of living.
Call for cost of living support in Spring Statement
The Welsh Government has said the upcoming Spring Statement must be used to provide meaningful action to tackle the cost of living crisis.
Lowest income Welsh households to receive the largest share of funding from the cost of living response
The £330m cost of living support package in Wales will see the most support going to households with the least, according to new analysis.