Water charge hike
Published:
11:23 AM March 22, 2007
Updated:
11:13 PM February 22, 2021
WE have received our water charges this week from Anglian Water and they have risen by 10 per cent. I am amazed by the fact that there is no outcry. If a local authority increased its Council Tax by a similar amount, it would be lambasted by both the pre
WE have received our water charges this week from Anglian Water and they have risen by 10 per cent.
I am amazed by the fact that there is no outcry.
If a local authority increased its Council Tax by a similar amount, it would be lambasted by both the press and Government.
Why the double standards? Both are charges that we cannot avoid paying.
PAMELA JOYCE
Drury Lane
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