Local authorities have made £3 million in the past five years by selling information from the electoral roll

More than 20 million people have had their names and addresses sold on

Councils are selling voters’ personal details to estate agents, pizza parlours and even Jehovah’s Witnesses, leading to an avalanche of junk mail. More than 20 million people have had their names and addresses sold on to various organisations for marketing and mailing purposes. New figures obtained by The Mail on Sunday show local authorities have made £3 million in the past five years by passing on information from the electoral roll.....Read more here