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Councils will have to raise council tax by 5% next year, Welsh Local Government Association leader Debbie Wilcox has said.

The Welsh Government's draft budget will see council budgets fall by between 1.5% and 2% after inflation next April.

Ms Wilcox, who also leads Newport council, suggested she "can't see how else" councils could respond when non-essential services have already been heavily cut.

She said it was "very difficult" to go out and ask people to pay more when services are "paper-thin".