Okay: I understand that paying Council Tax is a legal obligation even if
the Local Authority provide nothing in return so withholding Council Tax
is a non-starter but the Birmingham Bin Strike has been going on for
over a year now and under other legislation couldn't Birmingham
residents sue their authority for their failures under the Environmental Protection Act 1990?
Nick
Okay: I understand that paying Council Tax is a legal obligation even
if the Local Authority provide nothing in return so withholding
Council Tax is a non-starter but the Birmingham Bin Strike has been
going on for over a year now and under other legislation couldn't
Birmingham residents sue their authority for their failures under the Environmental Protection Act 1990?
However, this is such an obvious course that I cannot believe that
several residents have not already trodden it, in which case surely we
would have heard about it?
On 08/01/2026 19:12, Nick Odell wrote:
Okay: I understand that paying Council Tax is a legal obligation even
if the Local Authority provide nothing in return so withholding
Council Tax is a non-starter but the Birmingham Bin Strike has been
going on for over a year now and under other legislation couldn't
Birmingham residents sue their authority for their failures under the
Environmental Protection Act 1990?
Theoretically, having first complained to Birmingham City Council and
having failed to receive a suitable, adequate and satisfactory response
to the complaint (which can take up to sixteen weeks), it should be
possible to escalate the complaint to the Local Government and Social
Care Ombudsman. I would suggest "maladministration causing injustice"
as a broad ground for the head of the complaint.
However, this is such an obvious course that I cannot believe that
several residents have not already trodden it, in which case surely we
would have heard about it?
You could reach out to the LGO and see what they say prior to formally >starting the process, (which, as noted above, is likely to take several >months).
On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:25:54 +0000, Simon Parker
<simonparkerulm@gmail.com> wrote:
On 08/01/2026 19:12, Nick Odell wrote:I suspect there's a touch of the First World War "It'll all be over by Christmas" optimism involved here: who's going to initiate a process
Okay: I understand that paying Council Tax is a legal obligation even
if the Local Authority provide nothing in return so withholding
Council Tax is a non-starter but the Birmingham Bin Strike has been
going on for over a year now and under other legislation couldn't
Birmingham residents sue their authority for their failures under the
Environmental Protection Act 1990?
Theoretically, having first complained to Birmingham City Council and >>having failed to receive a suitable, adequate and satisfactory response
to the complaint (which can take up to sixteen weeks), it should be >>possible to escalate the complaint to the Local Government and Social
Care Ombudsman. I would suggest "maladministration causing injustice"
as a broad ground for the head of the complaint.
However, this is such an obvious course that I cannot believe that
several residents have not already trodden it, in which case surely we >>would have heard about it?
You could reach out to the LGO and see what they say prior to formally >>starting the process, (which, as noted above, is likely to take several >>months).
that's likely to be longer than the problem itself? Except it's not.
Okay: I understand that paying Council Tax is a legal obligation even
if the Local Authority provide nothing in return ...
On Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:12:15 +0000, Nick Odell <nickodell49@yahoo.ca>
wrote:
Okay: I understand that paying Council Tax is a legal obligation even if >>the Local Authority provide nothing in return ...Emptying your bins is not the only serviced provided by payment of
council tax.
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