City’s MP urged to push for deal

vital information about who is doing the fly-tipping that I can pass onto the enforcement team at the council.

By involving local residents in this action I hope that we will eventually stamp out flytipping here altogether as everyone gets the message that dumping things in the street will not be tolerated and flytippers will be prosecuted.

As we know, a major cause of fly-tipping is the council’s charges for bulky waste removal. It’s not the only cause, but there is no doubt that it is part of the problem and even if free collections were re-introduced it will take time to return the culture to one of no tolerance for fly-tipping.

Information and awareness are key and as well as stickers I will also be leafletting the roads concerned (also in languages other than English) to make sure everyone knows what is the wrong and the right thing to do.

Fly-tipping of brown bins and plant material that should go into brown bins is also of major concern in the ward.

People who don’t wish to (or can’t afford) to pay £45 per year can put their garden waste into their black bins but many choose not to do so as this doesn’t leave much room for their general household waste.

Thus, we’re seeing more and more garden waste tipped in woodland, often behind residents’ back gates. When this is mixed with other household waste it quickly attracts rats.

Again, residents need to be educated about this and know that they can share the cost of a brown bin with their neighbours to make it more affordable. Cllr Julie Howell Orton Waterville I have today (Monday 3rd September 2018) pleaded to Fiona Onasanya MP, expressing the need to step up the debate against a “No deal” in the Article 50 negotiations.

Here is an opportunity for her to build support. Whilst

I understand that Peterbor- ough voted to leave the European Union, we must also be clear that an entire constitution will be compromised and juggled needlessly unless the government pulls through in some way.

Therefore, the obligation to find a mutual agreement on the issues raised in the Article 50 agenda is imperative to move on all sides of the debate,

but in particular for the many out of the near 100,000 people living in Fiona’s constituency relying on continued rights to live, work, travel, study and trade freely throughout 31 other nations (this is something that no other singular deal will grant to a person).

Many may dismiss this as scare-mongering, but I hasten to point out that such a claim is a shear resemblance

of just how little progress has been made in the last two plus years; we still continue to have the same arguments that we held during the Referendum campaign. It is to that end, that I urge Fiona to push powers that be to getting a deal and I will await a response from her on this matter. The clock is ticking for everyone. Joseph Wells Open Britain