Council's funding settlement revealed

THE amount of money councils in Wales will get from the Welsh Government in the next financial year has been announced.

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There is an average 2.7% funding increase and no council receives less than a 2.3% increase compared to last year.

Carmarthenshire will receive a total of £384.8m.

The council which gets the biggest rise in funding is Newport, which gets 4.3% more than last year. In total, councils will receive £6.4bn from the Welsh Government next year.