A survey of 359 English councils has revealed that some are generating huge cash surpluses from parking charges.


The study for the RAC foundation is based on annual returns to the Department for Communities and Local Government, and includes revenue from on-street parking...

Guys the council are discriminating against me so I have started a war which could cost them dear.

Before I came out of work we was paying full council tax on the button every month and little did I know until I researched it after being made redundant that my wife was disregarded and entitled...

I owe Salford City Council £96.00 in council tax for 1 month of a property but I would like to dispute this.

I privately rented this property but I moved in with my girlfriend instead, luckily I have a nice landlord who said as long as I stayed in it for a month I could have my deposit...

Long story but back in December my husband was contracted by Nottingham City Council to carry out a series of live ice carvings around the streets of Nottingham - the ice blocks weigh over 20 stone and he therefore parked in a loading bay and "assumed" that he would be OK as he was on council...

Labour leader Ed Miliband has promised to give councils more powers to ban payday lenders, pawnbrokers and bookmakers from town centres.

Launching his party's local election campaign, he said it would "stand up for those without power" and criticised "extortionate"...

I've read a load of stuff on the web about the Benefit cuts and caps etc which will affect millions of already hard up families.

But a common theme in the info I have read is that these cuts/caps etc apply to 'working age' benefits. I have tried to find out more about what exactly this...

hi all this is a bit cheeky but most people on here have learnt to reaserch so im asking for your help reaserch for a court case im in court next week for a dvla offence of being the registered keeper of a car that on a certain day had no insurance im pleading not guilty the case as i understand it...

Council tax: hundreds of authorities opt to freeze rates

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th March 2013 12:45.

Figures show more than 250 authorities will accept a central grant for a freeze or reduction in council tax for 2013-14 At least 230 councils in......

Just wondering if anyone has had there council tax bills yet as they seem to be late in sending them out as payments are usually March to December.

I have heard that some councils are allowing payments over 12 mths so wondering if they knew there would be a problem which is of course...

Evening all,

Just a quick complaint to make and to be honest need to get this off my chest before I explode.

I was making a delivery in town today and I was parked in the loading bay and as you can clearly see on the photo I wasn't breaking any parking laws. I'm in white...

£23m of parking fines 'may have been unlawful'


Almost 350,000 parking fines - totalling an estimated £23m - may have been unlawfully issued to motorists in London, a BBC investigation has found.

In 2010 a ticket issued in a suspended parking bay was ruled unlawful...

Coalition proposals to 'replicate' the rules applicable in the private rented sector with the social housing sector. Govt states that it is unfair that private tenants have restrictions on the size of house they can claim Housing benefit for, while social housing tenants do not.

So two...

'Millions of low-income households' face council tax rise

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 31st January 2013 10:47.

Millions of the poorest households face council tax rises because most councils in England will pass on a 10% benefit funding cut, research......

Hanging on phone for HMRC cost public £136m - NAO

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 18th December 2012 18:51.

Delays in answering phone calls to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) cost callers £136m last year, it has been estimated. The National Audit Office (NAO)......

Millions of voters' personal details are being sold to junk mail companies by councils

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 17th December 2012 15:31.

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