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Instead of spending a lot of public money and wasting council workers' time spraying vast quantities of carcinogenic chemicals on tiny bits of green space, collect plastics strewn all over Brum.
#Glyphosate
#ToxicChemicals
#Carcinogens
#Animals
#Environment
#Pollution
#Glyphosate
#ToxicChemicals
#Carcinogens
#Animals
#Environment
#Pollution
Stop spraying highly toxic chemicals on the bits of greenery left in Birmingham and the W Midlands.
Save workers' health/lives and have your them collect the masses of litter/plastics everywhere
#StopTheSpraying
#Glyphosate
#Carcinogens
@BhamCityCouncil
cancercenter.com/community/blog…
Save workers' health/lives and have your them collect the masses of litter/plastics everywhere
#StopTheSpraying
#Glyphosate
#Carcinogens
@BhamCityCouncil
cancercenter.com/community/blog…
NEW: English #councils will need billions more from government and big #counciltax rises just to maintain services at their pre-COVID levels.
Read our #IFSGreenBudget chapter on local government funding, funded by @NuffieldFound > ifs.org.uk/publications/1…
Read our #IFSGreenBudget chapter on local government funding, funded by @NuffieldFound > ifs.org.uk/publications/1…
One issue with using council tax to raise revenues is that increases generate less for councils in poorer parts of the country.
This means bigger increases to tax rates or cuts to services in poorer areas, unless government redistributes grant funding from richer areas.
This means bigger increases to tax rates or cuts to services in poorer areas, unless government redistributes grant funding from richer areas.
As COVID pressures abate, underlying demand and cost pressures will grow, pushing up what councils must spend to maintain services.
Our central projection is that councils will have to spend £10bn more in 2024 than in 2019 – but several factors could push costs up even more.
Our central projection is that councils will have to spend £10bn more in 2024 than in 2019 – but several factors could push costs up even more.
We are calling for a $500m national #EdibleGardening fund as a necessary and urgent investment in public and community #health to be co-financed by Federal, State and Territory governments.
We’re in a national emergency, and we must respond accordingly. #urbanagriculture
We’re in a national emergency, and we must respond accordingly. #urbanagriculture
Dietary-related ill-health and mental illness cost Australia around $200 bn every year.
With COVID-19 and the climate emergency, these costs will rise and more will experience #hunger and #foodinsecurity. In a country as wealthy as #Australia, there is no excuse for this.
With COVID-19 and the climate emergency, these costs will rise and more will experience #hunger and #foodinsecurity. In a country as wealthy as #Australia, there is no excuse for this.
The levels of food poverty and dietary-related ill-health amongst #FirstNations communities are a matter of national shame.
Edible gardening has immense power to do good, as our national #PandemicGardening survey showed.
#COVID19Aus
Edible gardening has immense power to do good, as our national #PandemicGardening survey showed.
#COVID19Aus
