Cllr Andrew Atkinson, Cllr Mark Pritchard and Cllr Dana Davies. RIVAL politicians have clashed heads after a council budget containing a tax rise of 6.95 per cent for ratepayers in Wrexham was agreed. The decision will result in residents forking an extra £85 per year for an average band D property. Wrexham Council’s ruling independent/Conservative administration said the uplift had reluctantly been put forward after receiving the second lowest funding increase from the Welsh Government out of 22 local authorities. However, Labour opposition members hit back by stating that the money was allocated based on a formula agreed by all councils.
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9 Young Adult Novels We’re Excited About
Get your teen to take a break from doom scrolling and Fortnite with one of these relatable reads.
Children Of Blood and Bone have led to a number of titles that explore adolescence from Black perspectives.
Publishers are finally infusing the market with youthful stories that center our children at different points in their development and explore various perspectives and family dynamics.
The Black Kids explored the struggles of being one of the few Black students in an affluent high school while
Dear Justyce highlights how the justice system is failing Black children.
Victoria Browning felt trapped.
To support her two young children, she worked full time caring for elderly people, earning $14 an hour. Every week was a struggle.
So she enrolled at Concorde Career College Aurora Campus to get a shot at a better-paying job. Instead, she ended up with thousands of dollars in student debt and a job that paid the same as before.
Several years later, she tried again at the Community College of Aurora. That time, she did land a job with higher pay. But to graduate, she had to figure out how to negotiate inconvenient schedules and overcome barriers that derail many working students.
Updated: Thu 4th Feb
View of the future for Wrexham as “Covid has been a game changer” for town centre
A more joined up plan for the future of Wrexham town centre could emerge as the reality of the post-pandemic world was debated by councillors.
At a meeting of the council’s employment, business and investment scrutiny committee yesterday morning councillors were presented with a series of potential projects and focal points to help the local economy recover post pandemic.
These included how to increase tourism, expanding the offer at the World Heritage Site to increase footfall and visitor spend, using Ty Pawb to create a cultural quarter, purchasing empty properties and moving forward with the Townscape Heritage Scheme