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Livingstone warns pay as you throw plans 'flawed'
Livingstone slams ‘disastrous’ bin taxes

Government plans for ‘pay as you throw’ bin taxes are “flawed” and would not work in the capital, the mayor of London has said. Ken Livingstone has written to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to warn plans to charge households for excessive waste would be a “disaster” in London. His intervention… Read more »

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Benn stopped from backing 'pay as you throw'
Brown halts controversial bin taxes

Downing Street has been accused of halting plans for a ‘pay as you throw’ bin tax in a bid to avoid further criticism. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) was expected to give the go-ahead today to local councils to impose charges on ordinary household rubbish as an incentive for households to… Read more »