Newport City Council will raise council tax by 8.5% from April as well as cutting some services and reducing bin collections. The council cabinet said on Wednesday that the hike was "unavoidable" in order to protect public services.
The council's cabinet on Wednesday February 15 agreed on its spending for its 2023/24 budget which will include a reduction in some services and moving bin collections to every three weeks. The proposals will now go before the full council on Tuesday February 28.
Local authorities in Wales warned in November they would be engulfed by a "financial firestorm" with services including schools, libraries, waste collection and care homes all facing huge cuts. Setting its draft budget for 2023/24 in December, Welsh Government warned Wales faced a "perfect storm of financial pressures" and that its budget would be the most difficult since devolution.
