Moonpig will bring home the bacon for Hampshire council

Moonpig will bring home the bacon for Hampshire council: Local authority was early investor in online greetings card firm By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:56 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 23:25 GMT, 26 January 2021 Hampshire will be an unexpected winner from the bumper float of Moonpig. The online greetings card … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Council goes to war with anti-vaxxers targeting vulnerable people

By Jack Wright for MailOnline  Dr Andrew Kaufman is a psychiatrist who received his training and degrees from Duke University, MIT and South Carolina Medical University Dr Andrew Kaufman Dr Andrew Kaufman is a psychiatrist who received his training and degrees from Duke University, MIT and South Carolina Medical University. He has denied the existence … Read more

Business coach who grew up on a council estate reveals how she became worth £3million

A business coach who grew up on a council estate and was bullied for being poor has revealed how she went from being £30,000 in debt to a multi-millionaire. Lisa Johnson, 43, from Hertfordshire, has more than 30,000 followers on Instagram and now only works 30 hours a month after making £3million in sales this … Read more

The council that’s raking in £10.6MILLION in parking fine revenues a year

Revealed: The council that raked in £10.6m from parking fines in just a YEAR as the average authority issues more than £850,000 in tickets Councils have revealed how much revenue they’ve pocketed from parking fines Some 204 authorities provided data for between August 2019 and July 2020 We’ve listed the top 10 London Boroughs raking … Read more

Ministers ‘consider replacing council tax with property levy’

Ministers ‘consider plans to replace council tax and stamp duty with property levy’ which would hit Tory Shires hard as Rishi Sunak ‘weighs up hiking corporation tax’ at Budget on March 3 to start paying for Covid crisis Rishi Sunak will deliver Budget on March 3 amid reports he could increase taxes It is thought … Read more

Illegal camp torn down after SEVEN YEARS as council workers clear piles of rubbish

An illegal camp on London’s Park Lane that was home to Romanian beggars and linked to a rise in crime and anti-social behaviour has finally been torn down after seven years. Pictures today show council workers clearing piles of rubbish and dismantling tents callously left on green space in the heart of the capital. Wealthy … Read more

‘Life in Hull is the same as in Iraq’ says refugee who wants council house after fleeing Middle East

A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more

Bungling council workers erect incorrect road sign in Herne Bay

They’ve had a night-MARE! Bungling council workers are mocked for renaming Herne Bay in Kent ‘Horse Bay’ on road sign Kent County Council commissioned a road sign which got the location wrong Officials wanted to direct motorists towards the popular seaside town Herne Bay Instead, the sign erected told people that they were heading to … Read more

Police crack down on people playing Pokemon Go as council uses drones to catch lockdown breakers

Police officers have launched a crackdown on Pokemon Go players using the popular app outdoors, as other forces and local councils across England turn to tech to crackdown on lockdown breaching Britons. The men, all said to be in their 30s, were spotted hunting for the virtual monsters using the walk-as-you-play mobile app – in … Read more

Town council clerk sacked after going on trip with councillor wins unfair dismissal claim

Relations between the four staff at Barnard Castle Town Council in Durham cooled after it emerged Jane Woodward (pictured) had gone on holiday with then councillor Roger Peat A deputy town council clerk who was branded a ‘gold digger’ after she formed a personal relationship with an older, married councillor and was later sacked has … Read more