The claim that tax is hypothocated is clearly a bogus one. Lewisham council raises more money from charging people to park on a previosuly FREE road. They claim this is some sort of local service and - they'll plough the money back by building speed humps (which no one wants, scrapes the bottom of VW golfs, slows down ambulances, kills people etc). In the mean time the money they would have spent on speed humps they can spend on not opening the swimming pool, mangy hanging baskets, and the brilliant street cleaner on Dartmouth Road who is worth ever penny......