Dear Colleagues,
As you may be aware, the costs of GRO certificates will rise from 7 to
9.25 on the 6th April. Costs haven't risen for some years but an extra
2.25 on every certificate. That's a whopping 32% rise. GRO produces 2
million certificates a year, so that's 4.5 million extra profit in one
swoop. 90% of applications are online now, so their work is reduced but we
pay more! They are even scrapping the "checking points", so no more refunds
if its not the correct certificate.
Although protesting will probably fall on deaf ears, if we stay quiet, they
will think they can hike the costs up whenever they want to. At least we can
express how we feel about it. If you agree, please copy and paste the link
below into your browser and sign the e-petition. If not, sorry to have
bothered you.
petitions.number10.gov.uk/grocertificates/1.
Chris
History of the villages of
Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight
southernlife.org.uk2
Clarke family tree, and connecting branches + roots, from Hampshire, UK to the Titanic and beyond. We have links for the name CLARKE obviously, so many others, see the whole list. If you think you have a link into our family tree, or would like to put out a request for genealogy assistance, email pauly @ this domain I will try to help... The site is also home to my weblog, with links to all the things I like. All about me, my wife + our beautiful boys... Also the usual things, work, TV, running, ect ect, + links to my other projects.