A furious Sheffield taxi driver says his new electric car is costing more than his old diesel after Sheffield City Council hiked charging costs.
A furious Sheffield taxi driver says his new electric car is costing more than his old diesel after Sheffield City Council hiked charging costs.
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Submitting. The complaint was made by Simon Ogden, former head of city regeneration, who worked for the local authority for 36 years. In it he has accused Coun Iqbal of ‘openly associating with and supporting the interests of certain private commercial parties’; organising meetings with developers without planning officers present, which is explicitly prohibited; and wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayer money by commissioning planning consultations only to cancel them at the last minute. Coun Iqbal denies all the accusations. A Labour party spokesperson said: “This is an historic complaint that Coun Iqbal will defend robustly. “Unfortunately, due to the confidentiality around the process we are unable to comment further.”