It comes after the council received a better settlement from the Welsh Government than was expected, with a 4.1% increase in funding, and feedback from a public consultation on the budget plans.
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Vow to change polling station after voters ‘put off’
People heading to vote at Blackwood Comprehensive School were met with a locked gate at the usual back entrance to the site.
Council to cut salary of next permanent chief executive
Caerphilly County Borough Council has agreed to start recruitment of a permanent chief executive, following the dismissal of Anthony O’ Sullivan last month.
New leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council announced
The new leader of Caerphilly County Borough Council has been elected by the authority’s Labour group.
Blackwood bus station toilets to reopen
The toilets will reopen on Monday, October 28, thanks to a Blackwood Town Council grant and Caerphilly Taxi Drivers’ Association stepping in to run the facility.
Plans to close leisure centre to be put on hold, says interim council leader
Cllr Barbara Jones said that the decision would be deferred so that new options for the future of the site can be considered.
Council to consider Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre closure despite court appeal
A previous decision to close the facility was quashed in the High Court, on the grounds the authority failed in its equality duty when making the decision.
Appeal set to be heard over 300-home development
Persimmon Homes submitted its application for a development on land off Beaumaris Way in Grove Park, near Cefn Fforest, in September 2017.
Opposition councillors slam ‘lack of democracy’ at Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cllr Kevin Etheridge said: “This is not democracy as we were elected by the people for the people of the county borough, leaving scrutiny worthless.”
More cuts on their way to meet cost of Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre court action
A High Court judge ruled in June that cabinet members had not considered the effect of the closure on disadvantaged people before pushing the decision through.