It is official, UK’s, singles sex life under scanner
September 2, 2008
The sex lives of singles in the UK are under scanner as they are monitored by the authorities to check misuse of single-occupant council tax. Undercover snoopers are tasked to find out how often lovers visit and whether single residents are sharing a bed every night with the same person.
For access to their bedrooms, local councils allegedly dangle a “tax benefits carrot to the house holders” in return. After the government urged the authorities to flush out erring singles, they adopted the “spot-check technique” on the properties where a single-person council discount is claimed.
In Essex, claimants of the discount have to sign a form authorizing:
“the council or its agents to make inquiries to corroborate this claim” and “inspect the property.”
Thus, the snooping inspectors can park discreetly outside homes to monitor lovers’ movements and register whether the same person leaves the house in the morning and returns at night as well as check on how often lovers’ cars are parked outside houses.
Even women sleeping with their landlords are under the scanner. This whole exercise is the result of the hefty discount of 25 percent reduction that can be claimed by a single person.
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