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Kudos is in order, Snippets, for your mastery in surviving Skint January. However the same smug smile and congratulatory pint can’t be enjoyed by London’s thirty-three councils, following last year’s cuts in government funding. According to the Evening Standard, none have been game to substantially raise taxes; instead a flurry of higher service charges have hit the town. Throw a ball in Brent? Your rugby team will cost an extra £75. Green thumb in Greenwich? Garden allotments up to 250% of last years cost. With few remedies for the shortfall, London Councils say this is better than ‘cutting front-line services’.