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.