Meetings
Every meeting of Newport City Council's committees. Meetings of the full Council, the Cabinet, scrutiny and planning committees get a plain-language summary once their minutes are published.
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The Cabinet is the leader and a small group of senior councillors who make most day-to-day decisions. More in the guide
Cabinet met on 12 January 2026. It agreed draft 2026/27 budget proposals for public consultation, including a 4.9% council tax rise, and noted the November 2025 revenue and capital monitoring reports. It also appointed Mr Al Robinson as a director of its property services company, NCC Commercial Services Limited (trading as Cyson Cymru), and approved a revised anti-fraud policy.
Cabinet met on 17 December 2025 to consider capital spending, the half-year treasury report, the corporate risk register, the Gwent Regional Partnership Board annual report, and the business plan for Cyson Cymru, the company that takes over council property services from Newport Norse. The main decisions recorded were approval of new capital projects and moving £12.705m of budget into later years, approval of the company's shareholder agreement and business plan, and acceptance of the Regional Partnership Board report.
Cabinet met on 12 November 2025. It noted the September revenue budget forecast, which shows an underspend of £341k overall, and approved three uses of reserves and budget. It approved a new Empty Homes Strategy for 2025-2030, delegated the appointment of an independent panel for a Panel Performance Assessment to the Chief Executive, noted the Gwent Well-being Plan annual report, and noted the Estyn inspection outcomes for Newport schools.
Cabinet met on 15 October 2025 and considered eight substantive items, mostly annual reports on council performance, equality, climate and social value. It decided to appoint an officer to the board of the council's bus company, to keep the registered name of a new company that will run property services from 1 January 2026, to endorse a framework for a £500,000 anti-poverty fund piloted in one Newport area, and to note the council's place on a fully funded European city leadership programme.
It also approved changes to the capital programme, noted the July revenue budget forecast, adopted an updated Code of Corporate Governance and a Community Parenting Strategy, and endorsed the annual digital and complaints reports.
Cabinet met on 9 July 2025 to consider seven reports on the council's plans and services, covering capital spending, the Welsh language, community safety, housing, poverty, safeguarding and city centre placemaking. It approved or adopted all seven, and passed the Welsh Language and safeguarding reports to Full Council. The meeting also approved an amendment to a June decision on the school building programme.
Cabinet met on 9 June 2025 to consider the council's budget outturn, treasury management, procurement, corporate risks, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the 2027 Eisteddfod yr Urdd, an inspection of adult social services and school building plans. Cabinet also adopted a new procurement strategy for 2025 to 2030, approved an extra £100,000 for the 2027 Eisteddfod yr Urdd at Tredegar House, and delegated school building project decisions to the Head of Education.
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Cabinet looked at Key Stage 4 exam results for Newport secondary schools in 2024, adopted a five-year Highway Asset Management Plan, and chose a street lighting option. For street lighting, Cabinet decided to switch on every other street light during all hours of darkness.