Council tax will rise by nearly 4 pc in Wigan – this is what it will be spent on
click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyWigan News'.He also announced a pledge to plant a tree for every citizen of the borough who has died due to Covid, adding to the 70,000 which were planted this year.Councillors were told £600,000 would be put towards the Our Town fund to 'revitalise' town centres across the borough, with further funding possible.But opposition councillors called for more money to be spent on smaller towns complaining the bulk of the regeneration budget benefits Wigan and Leigh.The Conservatives put forward an amendment, calling for towns like Orrell, Standish, Lowton, Golborne, Ashton and Shevington to be the top priority.Tory group leader councillor Michael Winstanley said these town centres have