Planned Newport council tax increase cut by 0.5 per cent

Proposals to outsource domiciliary care to a private company have also been scrapped under Newport City Council ‘s revised budget for the 2017-2018 financial year, while an extra A 1.1 million will be handed to the city’s cash-strapped schools. The budget was discussed at a meeting of the council’s cabinet yesterday, Monday, where leader Cllr Debbie Wilcox said the two issues had been those raised the most frequently during the consultation period.