New financial powers for Wales
The Prime Minister confirms further devolution for Wales, including borrowing powers & referendum on income tax.
The Prime Minister confirms further devolution for Wales, including borrowing powers & referendum on income tax.
There was no mention from David Cameron and Nick Clegg of one of the taxes that the Welsh Government was expecting. That's because Aggregates Levy -a tax on taking material out of the ground- could be challenged in the European Court.
The European Commission is investigating whether the exemptions to the levy, such as for coal mining, breach the European Union's rules on state aid to industry. The UK Government has decided that it cannot be devolved until that legal dispute is settled.
The Welsh Government knows that it will definitely not be getting one tax that it wanted -long haul Air Passenger Duty. So hopes of attracting transatlantic flights to Cardiff Airport by offering them a tax cut have been dashed. The taxes that will be transferred are:
Rain clipping the far north through the evening but elsewhere staying dry with some sunny spells.
Public Health Wales figures show 25 more cases of the virus have also been confirmed.
Photos taken on Saturday morning show Roald Dahl Plass strewn with empty beer bottles and discarded canisters of laughing gas.