Yes of course - I lived in London for the best part of a decade, and saw various fare dodgers. But in the UK we also have an inbuilt tendency to make unfavourable comparisons with other places, and o… (View Post)

I had not noticed this one. New powers to enforce on pavement parking given to Councils in England under the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act , which was given Royal Assent last Wedne… (View Post)

Councils also control their own competence. One I ran into a couple of weeks ago which I am not sure mentioned here (it's Reform in Northants, but most do similar) is the Council decided that Bl… (View Post)

Is it not still Local Plans, nationally set housing quotas, and the developer gets what they want if the approved plan does not meet the quota? (View Post)

It works the other way too. I just sent a complaint to the Council from *this* email account rather than my real one ! And for such they need to link me to the residential address. Somebody has tried… (View Post)