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Originally Posted by Less

I think it's Family income supplement, but I can't remember nor from a quick google can I see it being something existing for some time, hasn't it been replaced by tax credits, perhaps someone should copy and paste something more up to date?

I think it was used to emphasise the point that when what one claimed was FIS then one got lots of other additional benefit from doing so, but now one claims something which replaced FIS one does not get all the addional benefits which accompanied FIS.

Originally Posted by polly

Blackburn Council have found a whole new way of robbing me and every otherCouncil Tax payer of money: they have introduced free off street parkning on some streets and are going to expand this scheem on Saturdays in the run up to Xmas. this means that non council tax payers from outside the borough are going to be able to park for free and of course the estimated 50,000 pounds that the council will l9oose in revenue will have to be covered from elsewhere,, Guess who will foot the bill? Yes, those who live inside the borough and do not own cars and those who do own cars and do not shop in Blackbure (that is me)
Remember Robin Hood? He used to rob the rich to pay the poor, BwDC rob the poor and pay the rich!

Been free parking in Accy for donkeys years Polly and quite a stink has been kicked up on and off when suggestions have been put forward to introduce charges. The main objection has always been that it will stop people coming into Accrington to shop and therefore affect local shops and businesses.