PLEASE somebody pinch me and tell me I did not read in a recent edition of this paper that councillors are due a £200 a year rise.

Has this country and in particular this council and its collective gone stark raving mad or do they live in la la land?

Most of them are employed full time so the 13k + per year they earn “tax free” is in my opinion pocket money but what do they do?

Look at it from Joe Publics view.
Services cut and slashed.
Austerity measures in place.
Police budget cut.
And so on and so on. 
So what do they do “lets have a pay rise.” 

If they are so concerned they should say “lets have a pay cut” and prove to the citizens of Newport we are united with them not against them. 

Ian Brown
Coolgreany Close
Newport