Pembrokeshire must put public services before second home owners, union urges
PUBLIC services must come before second home owners, Unison urged today in response to Pembrokeshire County Council’s budget consultation.
The union called for a higher council tax, including on long-term empty properties, and the subsidy for second home owners scrapped to fund Pembrokeshire’s £34.1 million gap.
Unison criticised the reduction of the second home tax premium from 200 to 150 per cent, describing it as “deeply disappointing” and estimating the £1.2m loss in the change of plans could close 60 per cent of libraries and day centres.
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