I NOTE that council tax is to increase once again by another five per cent. Where is all this money going? We now have dark mornings without street lights, no dog control service, bad pavements and dirty streets.

Complaints to councillors fall on deaf ears, so why do we need them? Everywhere you look you see that the country is falling apart. Can anyone answer: when Newport Corporation sold our assets, i.e. Newport Borough police, NCW, council houses etc, where did all that money go?

G Davies, Cardiff Road, Newport