Leicester City Council orders family to tear down illegal ‘eco-friendly’ bike shed

Council orders family to tear down illegal ‘eco-friendly’ bike shed in front garden after it was built without permission and is ‘not in keeping with Victorian character of the area’ Kavi and Mita Pujara are in a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle with Leicester City Council  Over wooden shed they erected outside their Stoneygate Road home … Read more

Council orders family to tear down illegal ‘eco-friendly’ bike shed

Council orders family to tear down illegal ‘eco-friendly’ bike shed in front garden after it was built without permission and is ‘not in keeping with Victorian character of the area’ Kavi and Mita Pujara are in a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle with Leicester City Council  Over wooden shed they erected outside their Stoneygate Road home … Read more

Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for dementia

Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for households where family member has dementia By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 Charity Alzheimer’s Society is urging local authorities to stop playing hard ball over paying council tax discounts to households where … Read more

Key ways to challenge the spiralling cost of council tax bills

Local authorities increase council tax bills by up to 5%, but some households can mitigate impact by challenging them or applying for discounts By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 Cash-strapped local authorities have just increased council tax bills for the year … Read more

Butcher wins battle with council to overturn more than 50 parking fines worth £20,000

Butcher wins battle with council to overturn more than 50 parking fines worth £20,000 after proving road with double yellows near his shop is private Gareth Sell parked on double yellow lines outside his shop and received fines  But the 36-year-old contested the tickets as he claimed the road was private   The Surrey council accepted … Read more

Butcher wins battle with council to overturn more than 50 parking fines worth £20,000

Butcher wins battle with council to overturn more than 50 parking fines worth £20,000 after proving road with double yellows near his shop is private Gareth Sell parked on double yellow lines outside his shop and received fines  But the 36-year-old contested the tickets as he claimed the road was private   The Surrey council accepted … Read more

Grandfather, 63, sells bee business he started in council house for £100million 

‘Uneducated’ British grandfather, 63, sells bee business for £100MILLION to a US company after starting it from the kitchen table of his council house Steve Ryan, 63, has sold bee business he started at home for more than £100m Grandfather can now ‘afford an island in Bahamas and a Falcon private jet’ He started his … Read more

Grandfather, 63, sells bee business he started in council house for £100million 

‘Uneducated’ British grandfather, 63, sells bee business for £100MILLION to a US company after starting it from the kitchen table of his council house Steve Ryan, 63, has sold bee business he started at home for more than £100m Grandfather can now ‘afford an island in Bahamas and a Falcon private jet’ He started his … Read more

Almost 3,000 council fat cats now earn more than £100,000 a year

Spiralling town hall pay pushed the number of local government officials who earned above £100,000 last year to more than 2,800, it was revealed yesterday. As council tax rises have soared above inflation, councils have pushed ahead with salary increases for some of their best-paid employees, analysis showed. The breakdown – covering the financial year 2019-20, … Read more

Almost 3,000 council fat cats now earn more than £100,000 a year

Spiralling town hall pay pushed the number of local government officials who earned above £100,000 last year to more than 2,800, it was revealed yesterday. As council tax rises have soared above inflation, councils have pushed ahead with salary increases for some of their best-paid employees, analysis showed. The breakdown – covering the financial year 2019-20, … Read more