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Litter fines 'not a cash cow' says Newham

Newham LBC has hit back at a recent report accusing local authorities of 'unscrupulous behaviour'.

Newham LBC has hit back at a recent report accusing local authorities of ‘unscrupulous behaviour' by using litter fines as a ‘money-making operation'.

The Corruption of punishment: How litter fines became a business report, by the Manifesto Club pressure group, claims Newham issued more litter fines than any other UK council in 2011/12 – 8,865 fines worth an estimated £664, 875.

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