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Councils 'make 594m from parking'
2013-12-23 06:01:35| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Councils around England generated a record 594m surplus from parking activities in the past financial year, according to the RAC Foundation.
Councils 'allow bailiff aggression'
2013-12-23 01:02:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Citizens Advice is accusing councils of letting bailiffs get away with threatening and aggressive behaviour when collecting council tax debts.
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English councils 'short-changed'
2013-11-21 02:39:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
England's councils are being "short-changed" by 4.1bn a year under the model used to allocate UK spending, the Local Government Association says.
United Kingdom: Councils to be given powers ban peaceful protests that might disturb local residents
2013-11-14 14:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Peaceful protests could be outlawed on the sole grounds that they might annoy nearby residents under contentious new powers being granted to councils, campaign groups warn. The shockingly open-ended orders could also be used to ban youngsters from skateboarding, forbid teenagers from using local parks and prevent demonstrators from gathering outside council offices, it has been claimed. The powers are contained within a little-noticed section of the Governments Anti-social Behaviour, Crime...
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Many councils 'plan to increase tax'
2013-11-07 01:00:06| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Many English councils look set to increase council tax next year, despite government cash on offer if they freeze it, a survey suggests.
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