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Press Releases

  • Rainbow Coalition roadshows on the financial position
    05 December 2023

    Neath Port Talbot Council’s Rainbow Coalition members will be holding roadshows to discuss the current turbulent economic conditions and what these could mean for the council and for council services.

  • Statement on behalf of the Tata Steel / Port Talbot Transition Board - 30 November 2023
    30 November 2023

    The Tata Steel / Port Talbot Transition Board met for the second time on Thursday 30 November at the company’s Port Talbot site, where it agreed the remit and membership of the two sub-groups for People, Skills, and Business; and for Place and Regeneration.

  • Freeport, new leisure facilities and tourism money among council achievements in tough year
    30 November 2023

    Securing the multi-million pound Celtic Freeport, opening Neath’s new swimming pool, leisure centre and library complex and securing more than £17m in Levelling Up money for the Vale of Neath tourism corridor.

  • New look for Victoria Gardens children’s play area is completed
    28 November 2023

    A £22,000 refurbishment of the children’s play area in Neath’s town centre Victoria Gardens has been successfully carried out with funding from Neath Port Talbot Council

  • Crucial Afan Valley engineering projects will protect communities, wildlife and conservation areas
    28 November 2023

    Neath Port Talbot Council engineers are currently involved in two crucial projects in the Upper Afan Valley.

  • Update on council’s plan to support and develop Welsh language education in Neath Port Talbot
    27 November 2023

    Councillors in Neath Port Talbot have been given a positive update on the authority’s Welsh In Education Strategic Plan (WESP) 2022 – 2032 which sets out its vision to support and further develop Welsh language education in schools and wider communities.

  • Work of Neath Port Talbot Council’s catering team recognised at all-Wales awards ceremony
    23 November 2023

    Neath Port Talbot Council’s hard working AMS (Access Managed Services) Catering Team has been rewarded for its work at a national awards ceremony.

  • Council launches round two of multi-million pound Port Talbot Waterfront Property Development Fund
    23 November 2023

    Neath Port Talbot Council is inviting expressions of interest for the second round of funding from the Property Development Fund (PDF) focusing on the dynamic Port Talbot Waterfront area, which takes in Harbourside, Baglan Energy Park and Baglan Industrial Estate.

  • Funding to be sought for multi-million pound Neath Port Talbot school projects
    22 November 2023

    A SERIES of major school building and refurbishment projects could be under way in Neath Port Talbot including a new-build replacement for the evacuated Godre’rgraig Primary School and a new build special school to replace Ysgol Hendrefelin.

  • £27m granted for projects to regenerate Port Talbot and restore historic bridge
    22 November 2023

    Port Talbot has received more than £27m in the latest round of UK Government Levelling Up funding.