Local Government
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£47 billion pension crisis could hit council tax
Local government pensions are facing a crisis - having built up a black hole of £47 billion. A report from the Centre for Policy Studies has highlighted this incredible shortfall - which is up £10 billion in four years. It says that for every
2-min read - BusinessAOL
Couple's £1 Stoke home is now worth £70k
Lawrence (48) and Theresa (46) Poxton bought what is technically one of cheapest properties in the UK. The bus driver and his wife snapped up their terraced home for just £1 in a scheme run by Stoke-on-Trent Council to sell to people who
1-min read - ScienceAOL
Council will only collect rubbish once every three weeks
Bury Council has become the first in England to announce that from now on it will only be collecting rubbish once every three weeks. It previously collected rubbish once a fortnight and recycling once a month. Now it plans to pick up recycling
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Council hands out parking ticket - for 90 second stop
David Osborne, a 68-year-old builder and decorator from Bristol, had driven his partner into the city on Valentine's Day for a romantic drink. He pulled over outside the bar he was planning to visit, and hopped out to read a sign showing
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Parking meter wheeze makes £300k a year
Cornish councils are claiming that installing parking meters that don't give change wasn't a money-making scheme. Apparently it was all to save them the headache of stocking them with change. However, quite by chance, it says that by
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Last man standing won't leave his home
Charlie Wright, a 62-year-old from Birkenhead, is refusing to leave the home he was born in, and has lived in all his life. His determination to stay put hasn't been shaken by the fact that the council has pulled down
- PoliticsAOL
Democracy in local government; sounds like a good idea
Councils are often accused of being a law unto themselves, particularly when it comes to the amount of council tax they collect and what they choose to spend the money on. Eric Pickles, communities minister, is the latest politician to wade in
