'We're closing in': Government launches new Waste Crime Crackdown Group

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New group includes representatives from the Environment Agency, the Joint Unit for Waste Crime, Mayoral authorities, the Local Government Association, and government departments

The government is ramping up its efforts to tackle waste crime with the launch today of a new Waste Crime Crackdown Group. Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle announced the group is to combine police,...

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