Council tax rise of 5.3% given approval amid cost 'pressures'

WREXHAM

- By ALEC DOYLE

Council has approved plans that will see the average council tax bill in the borough rise by almost 5.3%.Wrexham County Borough Councillors voted by an overwhelming majority to accept the budget proposals that would see the authority increase council tax to fund its services by 4.3%.

Added to that was a 0.6% increase in the North Wales Fire Service levy, a 7.01% increase in funding for North Wales Police, plus the amounts requested to fund community councils.

On average a resident in a Band D property - the middle council tax band - will see their charges increase from £2,192.90 last year to £2,308.88 this year.

Community council charges mean council tax levels vary within the borough too.