Curo service charge legal battle win for Weston residents

Image caption, Alan Rice has helped residents in Weston concerned about their service charges

ByHannah Miller

Political correspondent West of England

Residents living in a block of flats have won a legal battle against their housing association - after being faced with a service charge increase of more than 300 per cent.

Nine families living in Weston-super-Mare in Somerset had seen their monthly fees go up from about £70 per month to more than £300 a month.

Housing provider Curo…