Westminster City Council has joined forces with local authorities throughout the UK to demand the government return cash raised through landfill tax.

The government announced this week that Landfill Tax will increase from 24 per tonne to 32 per tonne and will continue to increase by 8 per tonne each year.

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Local author Frances Lynn will be visiting Mayfair library in Westminster this week to read to children from her latest novel 'Crushed'.

A group of sixty pupils from St George's Hanover Square School will hear an extract from Frances's book on Friday (14/03/08). The children will also be given the opportunity to vote on a title for her next children's book.

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The Royal Air Force is set to mark its 90th birthday in April with a year long series of events beginning with the unveiling of a Green Plaque in honour of its illustrious history in Westminster.

The plaque will take pride of place on the facade of 80 Strand, once London's largest hotel, where the RAF had its first headquarters in 1918.

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Motorists in central London can celebrate the Easter bank holiday with four days of free parking across Westminster.

For the first time ever- Westminster Council will be shutting down its CCTV parking enforcement and pay-by-phone service across the bank holiday weekend- including on Saturday.

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