Council energy fraud and massive loss of Public Funds

13 energy companies invested in by local authorities lost a total of £74,106,589 over four years from 2016-17 to 2019-20. These companies were either fully or partially owned by a local authority. 

The biggest loss in a single year was 2018-19, when councils lost a combined total of £39,585,046.  

The eight council-owned energy companies lost a combined £114,022,019 over the same period.  

The total amount of public capital investment committed to energy companies in which local authorities had a financial interest between 2016-17 and 2020-21 was £132,310,960.

https://www.taxpayersalliance.com/council_energy_companies

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/taxpayersalliance/pages/17378/attachments/original/1634292220/Council_energy_companies_October_2021.pdf

These massive losses have undoubtedly contributed to the corporate councils declaring bankruptcy. The scandal will not and should not go away. Those individuals involved must be brought to account. 

Oxfordshire County Council - a very 'rotten borough'!

 "Cash-strapped Oxford council splurges nearly £10,000 in taxpayers' money on COLOURING BOOKS for children promoting city's hated new 20mph speed limits"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12855783/Fury-cash-strapped-Oxford-council-splurges-nearly-10-000-taxpayers-money-COLOURING-BOOKS-children-promoting-citys-hated-new-20mph-speed-limits.html

Oxfordshire County Council can't persuade adults - so now they're targeting propaganda at children?

The fraudulent corporate councils like Oxfordshire County Council, have been spending billions on their fraudulent schemes that restrict and oppress the local inhabitants. Millions have been spent on rainbow flags, rainbow crossings, 'pride' parades, sculptures and supposed "net zero" traffic schemes. All of it is little more than money laundering. None of it is Lawful. When local inhabitants of the corporate councils realise the extent to which they have been swindled they will want to stop paying any more Council Taxes and hold the rotten and treasonous councils to account! 

Croydon Council pays £2 million in Public Funds to evict the public

Evicting a Single Disabled Mum Costing £300,000 and Losing in The Supreme Court

Croydon Council Solicitors Browne Jacobson - 183 appointments  

Cornerstone Barristers LOSE; Warning Councils on Lack of Contracts Lead Legal at Croydon Council - Jenny Fraser Browne

https://insidecroydon.com/2023/05/04/councils-lawyers-take-case-all-the-way-to-supreme-court-in-attempt-to-deny-disabled-mother-her-legal-housing-rights/

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/24040299.croydon-council-pays-300k-supreme-court-case-disabled-mum/

 

Croydon Council is blatantly corrupt. The inhabitants of Croydon area will probably want to stop paying any more Council Taxes while criminals are controlling the council!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/15/court-no-fault-evictions-rishi-sunak-christmas-children-homeless-tenants

Legal precedent - all corporate councils can be prosecuted for harassment

"... all settled in the recent case of Leighton v Bristow [2023] J90SA002 in the High Court of Justice Kings Bench Division by His Honour Judge Harrison where at paragraph 45 the claimant was awarded damages of £4000.00 and in this case if you fail to cease and desist you will have met the criteria for Harassment which may result in up to the same amount again and aggravated damages may also apply. In addition costs of 50% were also awarded to Leighton."

https://the98thmonkey.substack.com/p/council-tax-debts-have-now-become

"When they are put on notice of their obligations under the new ruling to provide written proof from the court of their entitlement to attempt to distress goods and they turn up without the necessary proof then they are not entitled to claim that their actions are in good faith and in accordance with the law and therefore because they are not there lawfully they have no reasonable excuse under the Harassment Act 1997 therefore they are breaching it. Potentially a criminal offence."

A video about the new ruling has already had over 100,000 views:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfj5FAC4rKE

The corporate councils are committing a serious criminal offence of Harassment when they create alleged 'liability orders' and 'warrants' without the sealed authority of a duly convened court of law and the signature of a judge acting according to their Oath of Office. Those responsible must therefore be brought to justice, to account for their antisocial and criminal behaviour. ANY council caught issuing their own 'warrants' and 'liability orders' is a criminal organisation and the individuals involved must be prosecuted. All executives and staff with any involvement in these criminal activities and the resulting Harassment must be removed from Public Office and have their ill-gotten gains taken from them.
The local inhabitants of areas with reports of Harassment and fraudulent 'court paperwork' being issued will want to stop paying any further Council Taxes until the criminals are brought to account.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/schedule/12

All councils are provably private businesses with no public authority

Check out your local (bankrupt) corporate council, and prove to yourself and others that the councils are private corporations that do need a contract to make any claim.

Up-to-date 357 Councils registered on Dun&Bradstreet company numbers and names of local authorities. The previous document contained some errors that have been corrected now.

Download: https://st.deepthought.industries/UFnyA3

This data can be easily verified by direct enquiry to Dun & Bradstreet:  https://www.dnb.co.uk/

As private businesses the corporate councils are operating in fraud by claiming to be 'public authorities'. The councils rent courts for a day and issue their own fraudulent 'warrants' and 'liability orders' that are not signed by judges and are issued by non-legally qualified personnel, just one example of council fraud. Fraud is a criminal offence according to the Fraud Act 2006:  

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/contents

Inhabitants of all council areas will mostly want to stop paying Council Taxes when they discover the truth about council fraud!

Corporate councils bankrupt but collecting more taxes than ever!

Yet more councils are claiming they are near bankruptcy:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/20/more-english-councils-face-bankruptcy-leaders-warn-as-deficits-reach-4bn

Curious that none of these corporate councils mention the fact that they take 30+% of all Council Tax for their private pensions. And the executives pay themselves large sums too. Then add the private high interest debts, and you have several reasons why the corporate councils are going bankrupt. They have been taking too much for themselves!

When enough inhabitants of the mismanaged counties realise how they have been conned, they will probably want to stop paying the dodgy councils!

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/what-happens-if-a-council-goes-bankrupt/

Bankrupt councils - the list grows more...

"Many local authorities could issue a section 114 notice in the next two financial years, according to a Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (Sigoma)".
https://www.localgov.co.uk/S114

A survey of the 47 local authorities the organisation represents revealed that 5 are currently in the process of deciding whether to issue a section 114 notice as a result of not being able to balance their annual budget in 2023-24.

A further 9 councils said they might have to declare bankruptcy next year, with Sigoma stating that "at least 12 other councils across the country were also considering issuing a section 114 notice in 2023/24".

Don't forget that Thurrock has already declared bankruptcy and got granted permission to raise its Council tax by 10% to cover funding shortfalls. Yesterday Birmingham City Council issued a s114 notice.

Other councils currently considering a section 114 notice are:-

Coventry City Council
West Berkshire Council
Bradford Council Middlesbrough Council
Kirklees Council
Guildford
Hastings
Southampton
Kent county council
Stoke on Trent council

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bankrupt-birmingham-council-far-worst-30928463

Britain is collapsing. Local councils have no money left and yet were content to spend what they did have on woke projects such as Drag Queen story hour and rainbow zebra crossings.

No doubt they will want the people of this great nation to now cover shortfalls. It's time to say no!

Not one council leader is ever held to account for bankruptcy, meaning that they can throw away public money, our money, and never face any penalties. Enough is enough!

https://news.sky.com/story/nearly-a-third-of-councils-in-poor-areas-considering-bankruptcy-within-next-two-years-12949493

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/third-of-councils-in-poor-areas-set-to-go-bust-new-research-suggests-4270603

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/oct/20/more-english-councils-face-bankruptcy-leaders-warn-as-deficits-reach-4bn