Local authorities are profiting from ‘busybody fines’ while more serious criminal behaviour goes unpunished

Robert Jenrick said Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which eventually withdrew the penalty, was acting like the ‘Stasi’

A £1,000 fine for putting the bins out early symbolises the jobsworth overreach of local government

Local authorities are profiting from ‘busybody fines’ while more serious criminal behaviour goes unpunished