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Newport City Council met on 21 July 2026. Councillors backed two motions, one on the Welsh Government's review of the M4 motorway and one on its review of council funding, and approved several reports, including business rate relief for city centre businesses and the 2026-27 councillor pay schedule. They also agreed to submit the final community boundary recommendations to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru.
It also filled committee chairs and seats, approved outside and governing body appointments, and agreed how to recruit three lay members for the Standards Committee. Deb Harvey was sworn in as Mayor, and Deborah Jenkins was named as Deputy Mayor.
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The Council met on 24 February 2026. It agreed the 2026-27 revenue budget and Medium Term Financial Plan after a recorded vote, and rejected a Conservative alternative budget. It also approved the Capital and Treasury Management Strategies, adopted a business rates relief scheme for hospitality, and approved the pay policy.
The Council met on 20 January 2026. It adopted a Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2026-27, approved a revised Licensing Act policy, and agreed to start consultation on new community boundaries. It also agreed school governing body appointments, noted a treasury management report, and supported a motion on Newport County AFC and Dragons RFC, as amended.
Full Council met on 25 November 2025. It approved the annual reports of the Governance and Audit Committee, the Democratic Services Committee and the Head of Democratic Services, the 2024/25 Corporate Plan self-assessment and the 2025-27 Corporate Plan update, the 2024/25 Strategic Equality Plan report, and a new Public Spaces Protection Order for dog control. It also supported two notices of motion, one opposing the Digital ID scheme and one asking the Welsh Government to link HMO licensing with planning, agreed governing body appointments, and changed some polling places.
The Council met on 23 September 2025. It agreed to start a review of community boundaries and electoral arrangements. It backed motions on a new railway station at Caerleon and on a letter to the Welsh Rugby Union about Dragons RFC. The Gaza motion was supported after an amendment was lost.
At its meeting on 15 July 2025, Newport City Council agreed school governing body appointments, supported a motion on promoting neurodiversity inclusivity, and noted reports on treasury management, the Anti-Poverty Strategy, safeguarding, the Affordable Housing Prospectus and the scrutiny annual report. Councillors also received a police update and asked questions of the Leader. The minutes record no decision on the police update or the questions.
Newport City Council's annual meeting on 13 May 2025 chose its leaders for the year and filled many council roles. Councillor Dimitri Batrouni was appointed Leader, Councillor Paul Cockeram continued as Presiding Member, and Councillor Kate Thomas was sworn in as Mayor. Council also agreed committee chairs, committee seats, outside body appointments and governing body appointments.
The Council met on 8 April 2025 to approve the revised Gambling Act Statement of Principles, the 2025/26 members' pay schedule and a Pay and Reward Policy. It supported a motion on devolving the Crown Estate in Wales, as amended, which asks the Leader to write to the Welsh Government, and agreed several governing body appointments. Councillors also put questions to the Leader and a Cabinet Member, and heard a police update from Gwent Police.
Full Council met on 25 February 2025. It agreed the 2025/26 budget, including a 6.7% rise in Newport's share of Council Tax, and approved the Capital Strategy and Treasury Management Strategy. It also backed two business rate relief schemes, updated the Council's Contract Standing Orders (the rules for buying goods and services), and made appointments to school governing bodies and outside bodies.
On 21 January 2025 Newport City Council unanimously supported a motion to ban the release of helium balloons from council land. It also adopted a Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2025/26, accepted a half-yearly treasury management report, approved the Governance and Audit Committee's annual report, made governing body appointments, changed the rules for questions to the Leader, adopted the 2025/26 meeting schedule, and supported Councillor Kate Thomas as Mayor for 2025/26.
Council met on 26 November 2024. It agreed to designate Mike Wallbank as Monitoring Officer, approved a set of school governing body and outside body appointments, and approved or adopted several annual reports and plans, including the Air Quality Action Plan 2024-2029 and the Climate Change Annual Report. It also approved the dissolution of Redwick Community Council, to take effect on 31 March 2025.
Full Council considered appointments to school governing bodies and outside bodies, and an update from Gwent Police.
Full Council met on 16 July 2024. It adopted the Safer Newport Community Safety Plan and the Gwent Serious Violence Duty strategy, and agreed nominations to school governing bodies and other outside bodies. It also received or noted annual reports on treasury management, corporate safeguarding and social services.
Council then agreed Cabinet portfolios, committee chairs and committee seats, and gave effect to appointments to outside bodies.
Full Council met on 23 April 2024. Councillors agreed to raise basic councillor pay to £18,666 from 1 April 2024, adopted the staff pay and reward policy for 2024/25 and adopted a Strategic Equality Plan for 2024 to 2028. They also agreed to let officers make minor land and property decisions up to £100,000, and approved school governing body appointments. The Leader said the Council will not move to four-weekly bin collections.
Council met on 29 February 2024. Its main decision was the 2024/25 budget, adopted with an 8.5% council tax rise after a recorded vote defeated an alternative budget that would have set a 4.63% rise. Councillors also approved the 2024/25 capital and treasury strategies and extended a city centre business rate relief scheme, and they heard answers from police and Cabinet members on local issues.
Council met on 23 January 2024. Members agreed school governor appointments, approved the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2024/25, and agreed to introduce council tax premiums of 100% on long-term empty homes from April 2024 and on second homes from April 2025. Members also unanimously supported a motion on care experience as a protected characteristic, adopted the meeting schedule for 2024/25, and supported the nomination of Councillor Ray Mogford as Mayor for 2024/25.
Newport City Council met on 28 November 2023. The meeting received a police update, reports on the Gwent Regional Partnership Board, equality, the corporate plan, standards and democratic services, and a motion on the Westgate Hotel, which was adopted as amended. It also heard a half-year treasury management report and approved changes to the budget procedure rules.
Council considered several items at its meeting on 26 September 2023. It approved the Preferred Strategy for the Replacement Local Development Plan for public consultation, renewed the Market Arcade public spaces protection order and agreed a new order for Maesglas. It also agreed governing body appointments, a joint scrutiny committee for the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee, and the Climate Change Plan annual report.
At its meeting on 18 July 2023, Newport City Council agreed committee and outside body appointments, approved its Welsh Language annual report, adopted the councillors' pay scheme for 2023/24 and approved amended Standing Orders on questions to the Leader.
Councillors also confirmed the chairs and members of committees and the councillors serving on outside bodies.
The Council met on 25 April 2023. It agreed appointments to school governing bodies and a drainage board, and passed a motion on asylum that asks the Leader to write to the Prime Minister. It also agreed the annual pay policy and extra leave for chief officers, a framework for ward meetings, and the 2021/22 scrutiny annual report.
Full Council on 28 February 2023 agreed council nominations to outside bodies, set a council tax rise of 8.5% and the 2023/24 budget, and approved capital and treasury strategies. It also adopted a business rate relief scheme for shops, hospitality and leisure, and accepted the Gwent Well-being Plan. Councillors questioned police on local issues, but the minute records no decision on that item.
Newport City Council's full Council met on 24 January 2023. Councillors approved the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2023/24, endorsed the half-year treasury management report, and received the annual social services and safeguarding reports. They also adopted the meeting schedule for May 2023 to May 2024 and nominated Councillor Trevor Watkins as Mayor for 2023/24.
Council met on 22 November 2022. It agreed appointments to school governing bodies and outside bodies, and adopted the Corporate Plan 2022-27. It approved annual reports on equality, climate change, democratic services and standards, and adopted a public guide to the constitution with changes on job-sharing for Cabinet posts. A Gwent Police update was also given, with no decision recorded.
At its meeting on 27 September 2022, Newport City Council agreed appointments to school governing bodies and to outside bodies, and carried unanimously a motion of condolence on the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Councillors also questioned Gwent Police about local policing, and written answers were published to earlier questions to Cabinet Members on investments, 20mph limits, buses, parks and fly-tipping.
Council met on 19 July 2022 to agree appointments to governing bodies, note the 2021/22 treasury management report, approve the annual Welsh Language monitoring report and adopt a three-year dog control order for public spaces.