How much more households in Wigan will pay in council tax from April

The latest council tax rise for Wiganers would see households pay up to £140 more per year at a time where costs are going up.

Coun James Paul Watson made it clear to the cabinet that he could not support the 4.99 per cent tax hike proposed to start in April as it is ‘just too much’. He referenced this is a time when gas, electricity and food prices are all going up.

The Confident Council Scrutiny Committee joined a special budget meeting in Wigan Town Hall where they critiqued the council bosses’ plan to increase base council tax by 2.99 per cent and the Social Care precept by two per cent.

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What councillors said was that residents really wanted to know is how this would impact people within each council band.

Increases per annum:

In the wards of Haigh and Shevington you would pay slightly more due to the amount needed to be paid to parish councils. This does not include the increases for Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s tax increases though - which was approved on February 10.

GM Mayor Andy Burnham and the 10 council leaders in the city-region have approved a six per cent increase in the parts of the bill which go towards the police and the fire service.

From April, the total annual cost of these Greater Manchester council tax precepts will be:

As Wigan's highest proportion of properties (46 per cent) fall under the Band A category, the majority of residents in the borough will see an increase of just over £1 a week in total.

The average cost to each household in Wigan per week will be as follows:

The budget report explained that any decision not to increase the council tax by the full amount