General Discussion
London Cabbies have to take the 'Knowledge' before they are issued with their license - so in their case Local knowledge is deemed to be compulsory.
I note that some of the Teignmouth taxis have stickers which say ;Teignmouth and Shaldon based'. This is surely synonyous with 'Local' - if these are acceptable why are Teignbridge making such a fuss over Mrs Said?
Can this not be reported to the Police? Surely this is a clear case of obstruction?
Worse: she calls it 'not so latent racism' i.e. blatent racism. Hard to see how she reaches that conclusion. And last time I looked the gollys had been moved, so unless they've popped up again it is a bit dated.
Ironically the book shop featured in Book Collector Magazine as the 'Bookshop of the Month'. Sadly the magazine promptly went bust, followed in short order by the shop. The net has been progressively killing off the local second-hand book shop and it's a great loss. Browsing online never opens up the possibilities and discoveries a bit of browsing can bring.
And yet the charity shops are one of the biggest draws for tourists; I've lost count of the number of times I've been asked by visitors in the Strand where they can go to find some more charity shops!
Sorry Lynne, this still isn't right. The Government is careful in the way it administers benefits in that they are paid to an individual, or on occasion, on behalf of an individual. Consider; benefit recipient buys beans in Sainsburys with his benefit - Sainsburys is clearly not receiving a subsidy, the benefit recipient is spending of his free will. Claimant spends all his money on drugs? Nothing ...
If a tenant in the private sector is claiming HB then it is the tenant who is receiving a subsidy, not the landlord! The landlord is only receiving an economic rent for the service provided - it is paid to him on behalf of his tenant. As we know there is a housing shortage in this country and the landlord could readily find another tenant at the market price if he so chose.
The quote from the council official states of people handing in their keys: 'And these people will be go (sic) into the private rent sector which on average will cost them £700 more per annum.' This sounds to me like speculation. And it does not detract from my point that a landlord provides a service/product fo which he is entitled to receive payment, as surely if it were Sainsburys selling a tin ...
I don't see how this can be regarded as a subsidy to landlords - that would only be the case if Councils were paying a higher than market level rent, and in my experience that is unlikely to be the case.
