MORE than 600 invalid claims for single-person council tax discounts have been uncovered in Newport using anti-fraud checks, a report shows.
Author - Nicholas Thomas
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A BOWLS club which lost its home to a fire has won planning permission for the building’s reconstruction.
CALLERS to Newport City Council’s phone service for council tax enquiries are typically spending more than 23 minutes on hold.
COUNCILLORS should be paid based on their attendance levels at meetings, a committee in Caerphilly has heard, amid concerns some representatives...
NEWPORT'S residents could be given the chance in future to question the city council leader on local issues.
A REFRIGERATION firm has won planning permission for its new base in Penallta Industrial Estate.
PLANS to diversify part of the former Wilko store, in Newport’s Kingsway Centre, could bring “additional flexibility” to the unused site.
ONE of Newport’s community councils could be axed following a vote of residents.
THE centre of Newport is “starting to turn the corner” and become a safer, more attractive place, according to its city council leader.
OWNERS of second homes or long-term empty properties in Caerphilly will soon receive letters warning them of a council tax hike.

