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Rip Off Britain
Season 18 · Episode 24
My council is stopping me from charging my electric car at home
0.044mSeptember 10, 2026
The team look into the postcode lottery behind electric vehicle home charging. Why one man says he had no option but to sell his EV because the council won't let him run a cable in front of his house.
Episodes
- Episode 1Home improvement company lies cost me thousands
- Episode 2Fake loan repayments coming off my wages
- Episode 3Claim denied due to home’s past building work
- Episode 4Fraudster cashed in my tax rebate cheque
- Episode 5Holidays: Our flight took off while the board still said ‘Please Wait’
- Episode 6Your parcels lost, damaged or late
- Episode 7Fake review sites peddling dodgy goods
- Episode 8Scams: ‘Ghost’ MOTs for sale!
- Episode 9Insurer won’t help as our home falls apart
- Episode 10Toy company bullied me into paying unlawful fees
- Episode 11Giant warehouses built at the end of our gardens
- Episode 12Bank devalued our house after approving our mortgage
- Episode 13Spiteful scammer cancelled my flight
- Episode 14Wet wipe blockage flooded my garden with sewage
- Episode 15My timeshare is worth less than when I bought it
- Episode 16Family home on the line after being conned by festival fraudster
- Episode 17Scammers groomed my vulnerable mum for over two million pounds
- Episode 18My roadside rescue turned into a highway robbery
- Episode 19Scammers wiped my teenager's account, and the bank won't help!
- Episode 20Flying through a storm left me fearing for my life
- Episode 21Scammers raided my aunt’s bank account after she had died
- Episode 22The botched building job that has cost me thousands
- Episode 23This town smells like bin juice!
- Episode 24My council is stopping me from charging my electric car at home
- Episode 25My holiday home left me needing stitches
- Episode 26I raised thousands for a scam dog shelter charity
- Episode 27Forced to pay finance on a car we do not own
- Episode 28We could not stop a developer felling local trees
- Episode 29Marketplace seller sold me a bed made of cardboard
- Episode 30Airport parking firm caused £11,000 of damage