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<p>The Government regularly meets a range of stakeholders on the Landfill Communities
Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The LCF makes a valuable contribution to local communities. All
projects have to be approved by ENTRUST as meeting specific criteria, to ensure the
project benefits the wider community.The value of the landfill communities fund for
2014-15 will be reduced to £71 million. This reduction takes account of progress that
environmental bodies have made to address the government's challenge to reduce unspent
funds. The saving will be used to fund an equivalent one-off increase in Defra's budget
to address waste crime. The government intends that environmental bodies' performance
against the challenge is published once the final information is available later this
year.</p><p> </p>
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