Street lights in Newport will be turned back on and public toilets will be reopened, the city council leader has pledged.

Cllr Dimitri Batrouni promised a “bread and butter budget” for 2025/26 that he said would focus on “the issues people see in their day-to-day lives”.

Cabinet members met on Wednesday to discuss the council’s final budget proposals for the coming financial year.

There will be no change to the planned 6.7 per cent increase in council tax bills, but Cllr Batrouni said the local authority would invest in areas where people “wanted to see what their council tax is going on”.

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