SCHOOLS would get the same amount of money in real terms in 2021-22 as they do this year and an extra £1 million would go to support businesses if Carmarthenshire Council’s budget is approved, while council tax would be 4.48 per cent higher.
Executive board members have agreed a raft of proposals, including the deferral of almost half of previously agreed savings, which will now go out for consultation.
The proposed council tax rise was meant to be 4.89 per cent, but it is now 4.48 per cent following an amendment by council leader Emlyn Dole at a meeting on January 18.
This reduction was what residents “rightly deserve”, said Cllr Dole, given the disruption of the coronavirus crisis.