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Council cuts recycling to save local welfare scheme

A council that battled in court to keep local welfare funding has been forced to propose cuts to frontline recycling services to save its scheme.

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By Dan Peters | 27 January 2015

A council that battled in court to keep local welfare funding has been forced to propose cuts to frontline recycling services to save its scheme.

Islington LBC's resident support scheme (RSS) has been under threat since the Government announced the end of the £174m local welfare assistance fund from April 2015.

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