Downing Street Says

» Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Bin tax

Asked about the possibility of there being a bin tax, the PMS replied that the Government’s response had not changed since he was last asked about it on Thursday. It was a complex issue, there were lots of difficult issues that needed to be considered, it was important to strike the right balance. That was why the Government had announced yesterday that there would be some pilot schemes, looking at ways in which local authorities can introduce incentives for household waste minimisation.

Put that the Prime Minister had vetoed the idea, the PMS replied that last Thursday he had said that it was a very complex issue and would need to be considered carefully. This was at a time when it was being put to the Government that they were on the point of announcing a national charge for people putting their rubbish out. What was announced yesterday was that there would be a power introduced for some local authorities to pilot schemes in order to improver incentives for household waste minimisation.

Asked if the Government would decide on which local authorities could carry out the pilot schemes, the PMS replied that it would be up for local authorities to come forward with specific proposals, but exactly how this would be taken forward would be made clear in further announcements.

1 Comment »

Bin Tax is such a stupid idea. The government are just looking for ways to empty our pockets and came up with bin tax. If the Government do not have enough money to do anything then they should either let someone else take over or simply PRINT MORE MONEY!
Comment by Shazza_K — 26 Nov 2007 on 10:47 pm | Link

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Post a public comment

Name (required)
E-mail (required)
(You must give an email address, but it will not be displayed to the public.)
Website
(You may give your website, and it will be displayed to the public.)

Comments:

This is not a way of contacting the Prime Minister. If you would like to contact the Prime Minister, go to the 10 Downing Street official site.

Privacy note: Shortly after posting, your name and comment will be displayed on the site. This means that people searching for your name on the Internet will be able to find and read your comment.

Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says.

October 2007

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

« Sep

Nov »

» Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Bin tax

1 Comment »

Post a public comment

Search

Supported by

Recent Briefings

Archives

Links

Syndicate (RSS/XML)

Credits

Enquiries