- Media & Campaigns
- Press releases
- March 2010
- LGA heralds recognition of councils' vital role in adult care White Paper
- Winter weather review announced - councils respond
- Total Place report an important first step to better local services that cost less - LGA
- Potholes being fixed at record rate - LGA
- Chancellor announces £100m for potholes - councils respond
- LGA responds to council tax announcement
- LGA calls for councils to be 'freed from out-dated rules' on libraries
- LGA responds to Shelter research on housing
- Councils respond to landfill bans
- LGA response to Ed Balls announcement on child social work
- CAA costs 'are climbing' for some, LGA warns
- Councils seek freedom to build up to 500,000 new homes
- Councils respond to Audit Commission report
- Councils already alert to the problem of school admission fraud
- School admissions system stable despite increased pressure because of the recession
- New list published of 250 words the public sector shouldn't use
- Child protection reforms risk weakening safety net, LGA warns
- Microchips in bins - response to Big Brother Watch report
- Councils respond to Taxpayers Alliance pensions report
- Local Innovation Awards announced
- Early research findings show growing need for more social workers
- BBC poll shows tough times ahead for councils
- Delay to personal care at home implementation will ensure efficient service from day one - LGA
Microchips in bins - response to Big Brother Watch report
LGA press release - 5 March 2010
Responding to the Big Brother Watch/Taxpayers’ Alliance report on microchips in bins, a spokesman for the LGA said:
“Microchips simply identify the house to which a bin belongs, they do not mean councils can analyse what people are throwing away or issue fines. Putting microchips in people’s bins can allow councils to provide people with a better service that costs less.
“If an elderly resident needs help getting their bin collected and returned, a microchip quickly flags it up to the refuse collector, saving time and money.
“Through its Big Brother Watch campaign, the Taxpayers’ Alliance claims to be fighting intrusions on people’s privacy and liberties. If this was really the case, it would be focussing on more important things than the state of the nation’s rubbish bins.”
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