From cigarette butts and nicotine pouches to snack packets and greasy takeaway tubs, you don't really have to walk very far in London before spotting rubbish strewn across the street. So, it probably won't come as much of a surprise that a London borough has just been named and shamed as the worst place in all of England for littering.
The changes follow a series of hikes agreed by the council's Cabinet last year, which was the first time the charges had been raised since December 2017. At that meeting Conservative councillor Adronie Alford told the Labour Cabinet members while she had no problem with the increases per se she was concerned about residents receiving FPNs due to rubbish being left by refuse collectors.