I RECENTLY read that Bromsgrove District Council has written off £289,000 in unpaid council tax in the last financial year.
Incredible!
Have we not heard from our esteemed council leaders that the reason that economies have had to be made in this year's budget was because they had a severe financial shortfall in the coming year.
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Perhaps a little more effort spent collecting monies owed, instead of alienating a large percentage of their electorate with unpopular parking charges might do wonders for their re-election prospects.
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