Neil Rogers was elected leader on Wednesday

Neil Rogers has declined to accept the �31,000 salary which comes with the job.

Instead, he will claim a basic �13,000 wage, plus the allowances of �10,000 to take it up to �23,000.

Mr Rogers, a former union chairman, said �13,000 was nearer the wage an average manual worker could expect to get in Wrexham.

He was recently made redundant from the Owens Corning plant in Wrexham.

The new leader had a meeting with the council's chief executive Isobel Garner following which he made the decision.

He said all workers for the council, whether the leader or those who collected litter, had the same objective and he did not deserve more than anyone else.

Mr Rogers, the councillor for Gwenfro was elected as the new leader of Wrexham council at a meeting on Wednesday.

He took over the Labour group leadership from Shan Wilkinson, the former council leader, last week following a loss of four Labour seats in the June 10 polls.