Published on 10th April 2024 The next scheduled elections to take place in Cheltenham are the Borough Council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections on 2 May 2024. All forty borough council seats will be up for election due to ward boundary changes. New postal vote handling rules are in …
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SIR – Isabel Oakeshott is lucky that she has only been waiting a year for a local road to be fixed (“Feckless councils are ripping taxpayers off”, Comment, September 4). In August 2020 we asked the authorities in Suffolk to install about 35 yards of double-yellow lines in a stretch of …
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Consumer rights expert Martyn James has rounded up all the prices rises that are incoming this April, from council tax bills to phone and broadband and energy April is set to bring a whole load of bill rises ( Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Finally, March is here. The days are getting …
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April is a month of financial change bringing with it energy price hikes, a rise to benefits delivered by both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), increases to the National Living Wage, Council Tax and National Insurance Contribution deductions. But there’s a lot …
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The cost of 1st class stamps will reach 95p, up 10p from 85p, from April 4. The price of 2nd class stamps will increase to 68p, up 2p from 66p. The Royal Mail blamed Brits sending fewer letters Stamp prices are rising in just under one week ( Image: PA) …
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