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Posted: Thu 11th Mar 2021 Argument over lack of support for £3.5m Children’s Services cash injection as ‘maths’ and process challenged again by Labour group The Lead Member of Children’s Services condemned the Labour group on Wrexham council for not raising questions over the department before rejecting a budget that will see £3.5m injected into the service. Members of the Safeguarding, Communities & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee were examining the reasons why Children’s Services are reporting an overspend of £5.9m for eight months of the financial year, a topic that has had two ...

The Wrexham Litter Pickers group was launched on Facebook at the start of this year in a bid to tackle rubbish dumped in public places. v.1

THE efforts of a volunteer group of litter pickers in Wrexham are making a “big difference” to the appearance of the area, a senior councillor…

Posted: Thu 4th Feb 2021 Council set to approve use of cameras to catch fly-tippers amid warning ‘man-with-van’ users should check for waste carriers licence Wrexham Council’s Executive Board are being asked to support plans to use cameras as part of a crackdown on fly-tipping. The proposals were first set out by Wrexham Council’s deputy leader David A Bithell last month as he revealed fines of up to £400 would be issued to anyone found responsible for dumping rubbish. It’s estimated that 1,000 tonnes of discarded waste has to be dealt with in the county borough each year. The loc...

Wrexham Council's deputy leader David A Bithell. SENIOR councillors in Wrexham are being asked to support plans to use cameras as part of a crackdown on fly-tipping. The proposals were first set out by Wrexham Council’s deputy leader David A Bithell last month as he revealed fines of up to £400 would be issued to anyone found responsible for dumping rubbish. It’s estimated that 1,000 tonnes of discarded waste has to be dealt with in the county borough each year. The local authority has previously been criticised for failing to take action against offenders through the courts. B...