Cardiff council tax to rise to plug 拢32m budget gap
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Council tax in Cardiff will rise by 4.9% in April and is likely to rise by 4.5% in each of the next four years after a new budget was approved.
Schools and social services will receive a funding boost, but the cost of cremations, burials and rehoming dogs will all increase.
Chris Weaver from the ruling Labour group said it was "likely to be one of the lowest council tax rises in Wales".
Conservatives said the hike was "simply too high wherever in Cardiff you live".
The Welsh Government said it had offered councils "the best settlement possible" after nine years of austerity.
Cardiff is the largest council in Wales and faces a 拢32.4m budget shortfall next year.
The rise will cost the Band D council taxpayer an extra 拢1.09 per week - about 拢56 per year.
The council is also planning 拢19m of savings across all departments, leading to 55 full-time job losses across the authority in street cleansing, waste management and libraries.
A total of 拢10m will be set aside for schools, while 拢5m has been allocated for social services, although the council still wants to save 拢6m in this area.
The council is also looking for a partner to run the New Theatre, which could save the authority 拢404,000 a year.
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