Councils offer services such as bin collections across Wales (Image: Ian Cooper/North Wales Live)
Everything you need to know as council funding for 2026-27 announced:
There is an average 2.7% funding increase but no council receives less than a 2.3% increase compared to last year
In total, councils will receive £6.4bn from the Welsh Government next year under the draft budget for Wales' 22 councils announced on Monday, November 24.
The council which gets the biggest rise in funding is Newport , which gets 4.3% more than last year, due to a rise in population generally and school-age population rises.
The final budget will be published in January, and these figures could change, as Labour try to negotiate with other parties in the Senedd.
Councils in Wales had already expressed c

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