Responding to the Welsh Government’s Provisional Local Government Settlement 2025-26, Plaid Cymru’s Local Government spokesperson, Peredur Owen Griffiths said:“To fill the £559 million funding shortfall caused by Labour mismanagement, local authorities needed at least a 7% increase in revenue just to maintain the vital public services they provide, let alone start on the improvement required in these vital services.

“Today’s announcement simply does not go far enough to ease the budgetary constraints faced by Welsh councils, and will force them into tough decisions on the future of public services that have already been cut, some even disappearing entirely.

“At the same time - the Labour UK Government’s rise to National Insurance contributions plunge councils into uncertainty, as they may have to shoulder the burden of these increased costs. Every day of silence from Labour on this make it harder for our councils to plan.

“Labour – both in the UK and Welsh Government are forcing councils into positions where council tax may have to rise, and public services may have to be cut. Labour are pushing local authorities into an existential crisis – and it is the public that will bear the brunt of it.”

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