Let us snoop or face £1000 fine

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The Sun Online - News: Let us snoop or face £1000 fine

COUNCIL tax snoopers are to be given power to impose £1,000 on-the-spot fines to householders who refuse to let them into their homes.

And the bill will soar by £200 A DAY until inspectors are allowed entry.

Anyone who refuses to give officials “reasonable assistance” will also face a £1,000 penalty. The new measures are being pushed through the Commons today. Tory local government spokeswoman Caroline Spelman said last night: “This is the footprint of an oppressive and greedy government.

“Conservatives will resist these new authoritarian powers and stand up for people’s property, privacy and liberty.”