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Westminster Labour councillors slam 1000% increase of tennis fees

Three Tennis Coaches at Paddington Recreation Ground have been asked to pay 1,000% increase in tennis fees - from £98 a month to £1,000 a month - which has forced them off the tennis courts and is set to ruin their long-standing businesses, as well as disappoint the hundreds of local residents who can no longer learn tennis with their tennis coach of choice. Labour Councillors say that the 1,000% increase in fees is completely unjustified when compared with the nearest possible comparable Tennis Coaching venue at Holland Park, where the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea charges their Tennis Coaches a monthly registration fee of £110 from November to April and £153 per month from May to October.

Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Leader of the Labour Group, who handed in a 300 name petition to the last Council meeting, said:

“There can be no justification for 1,000% increase in charges being asked by Westminster City Council. Next door, in Kensington, the Council’s charges are considerably cheaper and Westminster should follow Kensington’s approach which is much fairer. At a time of economic difficulty it is complete madness to increase charges to these astronomic levels as it will only lead to the destruction of these three one-man businesses.”

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