Budget 2021-2022
Budget proposals
Newport City Council’s cabinet has approved budget proposals for 2021/22 including a recommended council tax increase of 3.7 per cent.
Read full statement here.
View budget 2021/22 report
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Newport City Council is planning for the next four years spending on the hundreds of services it delivers against a backdrop of ever-increasing demands.
The council received a positive draft budget settlement in December. This is the amount of money we expect to receive from Welsh Government. The draft increase for Newport in 2021-22 is 5.6 per cent - £12.7m in cash terms and the highest increase in Wales.
More than three-quarters (76 per cent) of the council’s budget is funded by the grant from the Welsh Government.
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More than three-quarters (76 per cent) of the council’s budget is funded by a grant from the Welsh Government.
The balance is funded by council tax. For every one per cent cut in Welsh Government grant, council tax would have to increase by four per cent to maintain the same spending levels.
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Increasing demands faced by the council include:
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An ageing population, more dependent on care, requiring more complex and expensive support to help people stay in their own homes.
Care costs have risen from £38 million in 2017/18 to a forecasted £45million this year.
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A 55 per cent increase in the number of children in independent fostering arrangements since 2017/18. |
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1,295 more pupils than three years ago, 68 more pupils with additional learning needs and three more schools to run. |
Like councils across the country, Newport has been dealing with the impact of austerity and tightening budgets for several years.
The council has taken significant steps so it can continue to provide frontline services while the city’s council tax payers have among the lowest bills in Wales.
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Over the past five years, the council has saved a total of £35 million. |
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The council’s workforce has reduced by almost a quarter over the last five years |
Despite this, it is likely that more savings will have to be made for the future.
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It is estimated that the council will have to save at least £10 million over the next three years.
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