"WE have a young child, and it just keeps going up and up. It is a lot.” That’s the view of residents in Penarth in the face of council tax rise proposals.
An increase in council tax of 6.9 per cent is being considered to address the rising costs of social care and school funding.
The council says there is significant financial pressure on social care, school finances and school transport.
Increasing Council tax is one suggestion to bridge the funding gap included in a report to be reviewed by Cabinet on 16 January.
What did local residents have to say?
A local resident, Richard Mortimer said: "It is going to affect me. It will certainly put pressure on me.
"Particularly given the £300 for the winter fuel allowance has been taken away."
Ron Bousie, said: "I've lived in the area since I was born. I'm not happy about it. When the pension tax goes up the tax goes up."
A resident who lives in Dinas Powys, Robert Hobbs, 74, said: "Anything that goes up, I'm not happy about it."
Hattie Hansen-Brown, 32, said: "We have a young child, and it just keeps going up and up. It is a lot of stress."
Mr A Jones, 62, of Kings Street, said: "Everything is going up. To be honest no one can afford it. They are going to do it anyway.
People are struggling to live, put food on the table and pay the electric
bill."
Julia Halligan, 62, of Penarth also said a council tax 'will have an impact' on her.
However, a resident, Sean Leach, 35, said he thinks it is a 'good thing'.
"They have to get the money from somewhere. I think the problem is the actual tax system as it isn't very fair.
"If you have a million-dollar house you have to pay a certain level similar to someone with a £300,000 house."
So, will there be a council tax increase?
The decision to increase council tax by 6.9 per cent will be reviewed in a Cabinet meeting on January 16.
The council says the increase of 6.9 per cent will generate an additional £8.543m for the budget.
The leader of the Vale of Glamorgan Council, Lis Burnett, said: "The reality is that our costs are increasing much faster than our funding. This makes it impossible to maintain services at current levels."
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