Plaid's Welsh government moves to delay council tax revaluation until 2032, leaving bills tied to 2003 house prices

Finance Minister Elin Jones told the Senedd that providing relief to households pushed into higher bands might reach £80m in the first year alone. The Institute for Fiscal Studies branded her explanation 'nonsensical' and 'absurd'. Plaid Cymru promised voters a fairer council tax at the last election. The delay still needs a Senedd majority, so Plaid will need opposition votes to pass it.

Around a quarter of Welsh households could have shifted up a band, leaving some facing hundreds of pounds more on their bills.

Reform welcomed the delay, while Welsh Conservatives called it 'cynical' and urged scrapping it.

Labour's earlier law committed Wales to a 2028 revaluation, which this plan would overturn.