Wooler Parish Council poised to freeze precept

In 2019/20 it had increased its precept by 12 per cent, totalling £26,661.

However, chairman Mark Mather said the council had been prudent in its spending and the exceptional voluntary work done by councillors helped to keep costs down.

He said: “We have had a couple of big years to get us where we needed to be so I would proposed no increase in the precept.”

This was agreed by members.