Ticket gaffe costs city 6.5m (The Scotsman)
Ticket gaffe costs city 6.5m (The Scotsman)
UNPAID parking fines totalling around 6.5 million have been cancelled by the city council following a legal blunder.
Council tax to rise by 4.9% (ic Surrey Online)
HOUSEHOLDS are set to pay out even more money as West Sussex County Council raises council tax by 4.9 per cent.
Woman’s terror during dog attack (BBC News)
An attack in which a woman was mauled by a dog in a city street leads to an appeal for help by a council.
Council agrees ‘green’ budget (Wanstead and Woodford Guardian)
ESSEX County Council is to invest 2m in carbon reduction measures as part of its bid to become the greenest local authority in the country. The council agreed to invest the green’ money in its 2007-08 budget to reduce its impact on the environment whilst helping the people of Essex to do the same.
City set for free street parking (BBC News)
A Hampshire city is set to introduce free on-street parking for half an hour to benefit small businesses.
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Council correcting its paperwork for taxis
Council chiefs are correcting a blunder which left taxi drivers in Cambridge exposed to potential prosecution for 23 years. Incorrect Certificate of Compliances (CoC), or taxi MoTs, were issued to drivers for more than 20 years by Cambridge City Council, the licensing authority.
Changing times at the county council
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Council blocks fly-tipping sites (BBC News)
Hot spots for fly-tipping are blocked by a city council as part of a project to tackle illegally dumped waste.
County council chief executive recovering after op (North-West Evening Mail)
CUMBRIA County Council chief executive Peter Stybelski is recovering after a kidney transplant on Friday. Gareth Cosslett, council spokesman, said: […]