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Council DIY waste charges abolished

tetrarch · 2023-06-21 10:30:44

This was announced bythe Environment minister Rebecca Pow on Sunday https://www.gov.uk/government/news/council-diy-waste-charges-abolished My LA (Kent County Council) have (as far as I can tell) not made any kind of announcement, acknowledgement or comment relating to this instruction. Do I assume that this is…

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JohnB47 Posts: 2,696 Forumite

22 June 2023 at 11:51PM

At the end of the article it says:

"The changes announced today will come into force later this year and clarify that DIY household waste should be treated the same as household waste."

So not related to any future Budget. Perhaps the delay is to give Councils a chance to spread the word.

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