Four Leeds councillors have been taken to court over non-payment of council tax and made subject to liability orders to settle outstanding bills over the last two years.

Leeds City Council initially refused to provide any information about councillors in arrears but has now partially relented and disclosed limited details in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

However, the authority has only identified two of the four – Labour Headingley ward councillor Jonathan Pryor and party colleague Ghulam Hussain, who represents Roundhay.

Reported by the Yorkshire Evening Post. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.