The first day of March marks the first full council meeting for Wigan in 2023 - and it is of huge importance with the new council tax setting to be agreed.
Usually the most controversial points of debate come in the later section of the meeting when motions come to pass - but the 4.99 per cent tax rise will surely be thrown back and forth between political parties as they square off in the metaphorical ring. The Independent Network’s representative for Atherton Coun James Paul Watson has already stated he cannot support the new budget setting.
He declared this at a special cabinet budget meeting that included the Confident Council Scrutiny Committee on February 16 - a sucker punch before the box office council event.
