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<p>Tackling fly-tipping is a priority for the Government. As set out in our manifesto
we will be giving councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale
fly-tipping as well as reviewing the existing fixed penalty notices for littering.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These steps will build on other Government action to tackle
fly-tipping, which has included; working with the Sentencing Council on its guideline
for sentencing for environmental offences, which came into force on 1 July last year;
making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped,
searched and seized; and continuing work in partnership with others through the Defra
chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice
in the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipped waste.</p><p>
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