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Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

14 Sep 2022
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Claire Darke capmpaigns against excess packaging

Wolverhampton Council not interested in plastic recycling

Over-use of plastic packaging is a problem that manufacturers and retailers are failing to deal with leaving Wolverhampton council with the problem of what to do with up to 90 tonnes per week of plastics. Wolverhampton's ineffective Labour controlled council currently incinerates all plastic waste, doing little to reduce, re-use or recycle any of it.

29 Jan 2008
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MP calls for complete ban on third party lobbying

An incident involving a Rochdale planning application was held up as the worst type of 'spinning' by an influential Common's Committee. The committee in the House of Commons has heard evidence about the behaviour of Countryside Properties over the Spodden Valley planning application. The influential Public Administration Select Committee has just started a new investigation into the role of lobbyists in the UK's politics and public life.

29 Jan 2008
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Syke Base gets breathing space

Rochdale Council Cabinet has given Syke Community Base £20,000 to enable it to remain open until September - the money will be allocated from the budget pressures fund.

29 Jan 2008
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