30/04/2025 10:10
The Guardian
The former prime minister called on the government to change course on climate change“All politics is local,” as the saying (normally attributed to the former US speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O’Neill) goes, and that explains what is happening in the campaign for the English local elections. There is one day left until polling day and the main political parties, quite literally, talking rubbish.Labour has announced a crackdown on fly-tipping. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued a press release about this last night, but the new element is a bit vague, and partly it is just promoting things that already happen. It says:Councils will work with the police to identify, seize and crush vehicles of waste criminals. Drones and mobile CCTV cameras will be deployed to identify cars and vans belonging to fly-tippers so they can be destroyed.Ministers have launched a rapid review to slash red tape blocking councils from seizing and crushing vehicles. Councils currently have to bear the significant cost of seizing and storing vehicles but under new plans, being consider by ministers, fly-tippers will cover this cost, saving councils and taxpayers money.On the Tories’ watch, fly-tipping skyrocketed and enforcement against criminal rubbish dumpers went down. They badly let communities down and had no plan to turn things around.Labour-run Birmingham is a warning to every community in the country going to the polls on Thursday. Under Labour, council tax soars, services collapse — and you’re left with rats in the streets and rubbish piling up.Wherever Labour is in charge, waste is piling high - like in Birmingham, where Labour’s inability to stand up to their union paymasters has left rat infested rubbish littered across the streets. Continue reading...
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