Neath Port Talbot council logo Neath Port Talbot (NPT) Council has drawn up plans to increase the council tax by 3.75 per cent for the year 2021/22. The council s cabinet has given the go ahead for the budget proposals to go out to public consultation. Among the proposals are plans for no cuts to services for next year and an increase in just over 3.5 per cent in money going to local schools. The council published its draft budget proposals for 2021/22 in a report that went to Cabinet on January 13 where the public consultation exercise – which goes on until February 12 this year – was approved.