The Welsh Government has published its provisional local government settlement for 2023 to 2024. Core revenue funding for local government will increase by 7.9% on a like-for-like basis, compared to the current year across Wales. With growing inflation, energy costs, pay awards and increased demand on social services for Wrexham council to deliver the same […]
Marford and Hosely’s councillor has joined Wrexham’s ruling administration. Cllr Blackmore stood, and won, as a Welsh Liberal Democrat in the local council elections back in May receiving 481 votes, beating the only other candidate who scored 373. Cllr Blackmore was the only winning Welsh Liberal Democrat in the elections. However Cllr Blackmore was previously […]
Two senior conservative councillors have voted against awarding Wrexham Football Club owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney ‘Freedom of the City’ after a “star player engaged in a message of hate against a section of our community.” Councillors had met today to discuss awarding the new club owners the highest and rarest local Civic award […]
Extra members of the Senedd and 20 MPH zone roll outs should be paused with money diverted to local authorities, the leader of Wrexham Council has said. As Wrexham.com has previously reported there is a £800m hole in local council budgets predicted over the next three years, if things do not change. Energy costs and […]