Council tax will rise by nearly 4 pc in Wigan â this is what it will be spent on
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Wigan Town Hall (Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service)
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Council tax will rise by nearly 4 pc in Wigan, ending a seven-year freeze.
Council tax will rise by nearly 4 per cent â and other key points from Wigan Council budget meeting By Joseph Timan, Local Democracy Reporter
Wigan Town Hall (Credit: Local Democracy Reporting Service) COUNCIL tax will rise by nearly 4 per cent in Leigh and across the Wigan borough, ending a seven-year freeze. The 3.99 per cent increase, which will mostly be spent on social care, will cost Band A households, the most common banding in the borough, an extra £35 a year. New spending announcements were also revealed by the Labour-run local authority last night (March 3) as set its budget for the next financial year.
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Hindley Green councillor Paul Maiden points to the council-owned land where he wants a community centre to be built (Image: Paul Maiden)
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