7% increase in fly-tipping incidents
Fly-tipping incidents have soared by 7% over the past year – excluding the number of cases on private land. For the 2016/17 year, local authorities in England dealt with around 1 million (1,002,000) fly-tipping incidents, according to Defra statistics. Local councils spent an estimated £57.7m clearing up fly-tipped waste during the year, carrying out 474,000 enforcement […]
Councils fight for fairer funding
COUNCIL leaders travelled to parliament to highlight the need for fairer rural funding. Lincolnshire county council leader Martin Hill and other local authority leaders from the county met local government minister Marcus Jones on Wednesday (18 October). They were joined by Lincolnshire MPs Caroline Johnson, Matt Warman, John Hayes, Nick Boles and Victoria Atkins. The meeting […]
