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bazster

As for the timing and the "effective immediately", maybe the government is positioning itself to take some action should the unthinkable happen and PE wins at the CoA.

Or not.

One thing is for sure though, the civil servants at Pickles' department will not be in the pockets of the BPA. And perhaps the BPA will now be wondering about the wisdom of their latest piece of Monday Malice, which contained gems such as these:

We have Eric Pickles to thank for this of course. The Communities Minister recently went on the radio to tell all about his cunning plan and how it came about. Apparently he became ‘obsessed’ with changing Britain's parking laws after a ‘dreadful’ experience with a traffic warden made him a very bitter person and twisted his mind. Was he even in a fit state to even make a decision in the first place?

Is this really what Mr. Pickles and his government wants and do they properly understand the issues?

http://www.britishparking.co.uk/Blog/monday-musing-grace-periods-10-minutes-that-will-improve-your-life/771

Way to go BPA! This man has the power to make the lives of your members very difficult indeed, so it's obviously a great idea to describe him as "bitter and twisted" and accuse him of not knowing what he's doing!

Castle

bazster wrote: »

Way to go BPA! This man has the power to make the lives of your members very difficult indeed, so it's obviously a great idea to describe him as "bitter and twisted" and accuse him of not knowing what he's doing!

Parliament dissolves on 30th March 2015, so he will need to get a move on!

But if he's still there come 8th May hopefully he will make some difference. Of course by then the Beavis decision should be known.

The_Deep

I have heard of Mr Pickles, he appears to be a good egg and I am sure that he will be on the side of the motorist. From what I have read of this Morley chappie, (not much), he appears to be in the pocket of the PPCs.

bazster

Castle wrote: »

Parliament dissolves on 30th March 2015, so he will need to get a move on!

But if he's still there come 8th May hopefully he will make some difference. Of course by then the Beavis decision should be known.

I presume he will be announcing some policies for electioneering purposes, otherwise what's the point?

Castle

bazster wrote: »

I presume he will be announcing some policies for electioneering purposes, otherwise what's the point?

Such as "If re-elected we will end this war on the motorist, but we will still allow parking charges to go up, RFL to increase, bridge tolls to rise, increase VAT and if you're really lucky we may freeze fuel duty. Once we done that, we may think about improving the roads"

bazster

Castle wrote: »

Such as "If re-elected we will end this war on the motorist, but we will still allow parking charges to go up, RFL to increase, bridge tolls to rise, increase VAT and if you're really lucky we may freeze fuel duty. Once we done that, we may think about improving the roads"

Well I don't think he's going to say that, but you can't deny he's introduced some worthwhile curbs on the excesses of council parking enforcement, such as the near-ban on camera cars and the 10-minute grace period. Hopefully he will now propose some worthwhile curbs on the private sector.

The_Deep

Its Minimillionaire's plans to "reform", (i.e. regulate), the private rental sector which I fear.

I do not want some local authority jobsworth telling me how much I can charge for renting out my properties. Let the market decide on a town by town, area by area, street by street basis.

Castle

bazster wrote: »

Well I don't think he's going to say that, but you can't deny he's introduced some worthwhile curbs on the excesses of council parking enforcement, such as the near-ban on camera cars and the 10-minute grace period. Hopefully he will now propose some worthwhile curbs on the private sector.

Agreed, but he could have done that 5 years ago.

bazster

The_Deep wrote: »

Its Minimillionaire's plans to "reform", (i.e. regulate), the private rental sector which I fear.

I do not want some local authority jobsworth telling me how much I can charge for renting out my properties. Let the market decide on a town by town, area by area, street by street basis.

Someone needs to put a stop to the practice of letting agents charging huge fees to tenants. Letting agents must make their money solely from the landlord, as his agent, and if rents have to increase slightly to compensate then fine, at least the market will then be transparent.

bazster

Castle wrote: »

Agreed, but he could have done that 5 years ago.

Is that a reason for not doing it now?