MY brother-in-law, who can’t work due to ill health and therefore pays no rent or council tax, has been told by Wigan Council that his house on Abbey Lane in Leigh will be having a new roof and new double-glazed uPVC windows and doors.

He is embarrassed about this because, as he says, these clearly do not need replacing.

For a council that has passed homecare to private companies to save money, shut disabled centres and is now only collecting bins every three weeks, it beggars belief.

Wigan Council, I am struggling at the moment but I pay my mortgage and council tax every month.

Could you please let me know when I will be getting a new roof ?

I live on Leigh Road in Atherton and certainly need one.

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