Council tax jail made me ashamed (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
Council tax jail made me ashamed (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
ONE of three Coventry people jailed for failing to pay their council tax has told how ashamed it made her feel. Ann Blood reluctantly spoke out after a city councillor called for the “barbaric” practice to be stopped.
Performance information now available to all staff at Essex County Council (PublicTechnology.net)
Essex County Council has implemented Actuate Performancesoft Views (’Views’) to support its corporate Performance Management arrangements.
New York City bans racial slur in symbolic vote (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
New York City symbolically banned use of the word nigger on Wednesday, the latest step in a campaign that hopes to expunge the most vile of racial slurs from hip hop music and television.
County council falls victim to laptop theft (ZDNet UK via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Thousands of Worcestershire County Council employees have become victims of data theft after a laptop containing sensitive personnel information was stolen in a street robbery.
Council tax rise agreed (Hampshire Chronicle)
COUNCIL chiefs have decided that residents in the Winchester district should pay 2.9 per cent more council tax as of April. The Conservatives, who have a majority on Winchester City Council, suggested the below-inflation rise.
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