{"id":21833,"date":"2018-12-11T17:11:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T17:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=21833"},"modified":"2018-12-11T17:11:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T17:11:04","slug":"newport-council-tax-increase-plans-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/newport-council-tax-increase-plans-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Newport council tax increase plans &quot;unacceptable&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Newport City Council&#8217;s opposition leader Councillor Matthew Evans has\u00a0criticised proposals to increase council tax by 6.95%.<!--more--><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nThe increase is part of a range of suggestions made as part of the council&#8217;s strategy to save \u00a39 million from the 2019\/20 budget.<br \/>\nA rise in annual parking permit charges, staff redundancies in the education sector, reduced customer service provisions and a review of waste collection will also be discussed in a meeting that has been scheduled for tomorrow.<br \/>\nOpposition leader and councillor for Allt-yr-Yn Matthew Evans believes the increase in council tax will have a huge effect on his constituents.<br \/>\nHe says: &#8220;A lot of people are retired. Many are on fixed incomes. Their pensions won&#8217;t go up by 7%, and a lot of people are going to find it really tough. It is unacceptable to penalise my constituents.<br \/>\nThey need to look at other alternatives. They need to ensure people get value for money. They need to do more to generate council income&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe council have been asked for a response but have so been unavailable for comment.<br \/>\nHowever, in an online article published in the South Wales Argus last week, leader of the council , Councillor Debbie Wilcox said \u201cAlthough there are more incredibly difficult decisions that will have to be made for the coming year, we are actually in a stronger position than many other councils.&#8221;<br \/>\nIf the plan is approved, the increased council tax will raise \u00a31.4 million.<br \/>\nThe draft proposals will be published for consultation on December 13th, with the final budget to be approved on February 26th, 2019.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newport City Council&#8217;s opposition leader Councillor Matthew Evans has\u00a0criticised proposals to increase council tax by 6.95%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6],"tags":[205,316,288,317],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-news","tag-council-tax","tag-local-news","tag-newport","tag-newport-city-council"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Newport council tax increase plans &quot;unacceptable&quot; 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