Town centre residents and business owners welcome council U-turn on parking charges
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Wishaw business owners and town centre residents have spoken of their delight as car parking charges were consigned to the scrapheap.The charges, which sparked a furious backlash from residents across North Lanarkshire, will not be introduced for at least two years after opposition councillors united to defeat the Labour administration by 14 votes to nine at the council’s Policy and Resources Committee.Council leader Jim Logue had initially proposed a delay to the plan due to the impact of coronavirus on town centres but the policy has now been ditched until the council elections in 2022 at the earliest.Wishaw hairdressing salon owner Vicky Gaughan had