The government is consulting on a proposal to include the claimant’s name in entries about money judgments on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines.
The consultation seeks views on:-
The potential benefits of including claimant names on the Register.
Any potential disadvantages and/or risks to either the claimant or defendant as a result of the publication of this data.
The consultation can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/including-claimant-data-on-the-register-of-judgments-orders-and-fines.
Closing dates for responses is 16 January 2024.
The Welsh Government are looking at different ways of bringing the Council Tax system up to date and making it fairer. This includes the potential to introduce new Council Tax bands.
As part of their consultation, they’d like views on:
Different approaches for new Council Tax bands.
Regular updates to Council Tax in the future.
Discounts and exemptions.
A more transparent system and a more effective appeals process.
The purpose of the reforms would be to ensure that Council Tax contributions are more fairly spread and reflect the latest information available about economic circumstances. None of the approaches outlined in this consultation represents a revenue-raising exercise.
The https://www.gov.wales/programme-government and https://www.gov.wales/co-operation-agreement-2021 commit to reforming Council Tax to make it fairer and more progressive. It remains the firm intention of both the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru to make progress on the journey to a fairer system in Wales.
A more progressive tax looks to lower the share of tax paid by those who are less able to contribute, making things fairer. This may be difficult to achieve all at once, so we’re asking for your views about the approach we take to make the system fairer. The evidence shows the changes we’re proposing would reduce longstanding wealth inequalities created by an unfair system.
This consultation seeks views on how and when we should make changes to the basic structure of Council Tax in Wales and update the property valuations used.
This consultation provides an up
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