{"id":22924,"date":"2019-02-19T17:04:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T17:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=22924"},"modified":"2019-02-19T17:04:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T17:04:42","slug":"ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body__introduction\"><strong>People in Wales involved in fly-tipping could face a fixed penalty notice of \u00a3300.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nAssembly Members are voting on the new rules which would make it easier for councils to issue the notices.<br \/>\nCouncils are already allowed to issue penalty notices against individuals who fly tip themselves, but this measure would introduce a charge against individuals who let others fly tip on their behalf. This applies to people like family members and rogue builders.<br \/>\nAccording to the Welsh Government, more than 60% of fly-tipping incidents originate from domestic properties. They also say it cost Welsh taxpayers \u00a32m to clean-up fly-tipping in 2017-18.<br \/>\nThe figures also show that Cardiff had the highest number of reported cases of fly-tipping last year with 5,928. Newport was second highest with 3,588 cases of fly-tipping reported.<br \/>\nGareth Bennett, UKIP Wales leader and Assembly Member for South Wales central said that his party would be voting against the motion. &#8220;Flytipping is a big problem, but I&#8217;m not sure that bringing in more regulations will do anything to solve it. Maybe they should look at not charging people for taking stuff to a tip and being recycled&#8221;.<br \/>\nHe continued &#8220;If they want more recycling to take place, then surely they should do what they can to enable people to recycle. I think they&#8217;re confused &#8211; why put objects in front of recycling? I think it&#8217;s because councils want to raise money, but if people avoid this by fly-tipping then that isn&#8217;t a good outcome&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe bill includes a measure to reduce the notice cost to \u00a3150 if the bill is paid promptly.<br \/>\nAMs will vote on the measure tonight, and it&#8217;s expected to pass with Welsh Government support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Wales involved in fly-tipping could face a fixed penalty notice of \u00a3300.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6],"tags":[438,439],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-22924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-news","tag-flytipping","tag-ukip"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot; - CJS News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot; - CJS News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People in Wales involved in fly-tipping could face a fixed penalty notice of \u00a3300.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CJS News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-19T17:04:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CJS News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CJS News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/\",\"name\":\"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot; - CJS News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-19T17:04:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/fe447ca5d5fc74cfdb520f35ec9b491c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/\",\"name\":\"CJS News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/fe447ca5d5fc74cfdb520f35ec9b491c\",\"name\":\"CJS News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fd946afebac766cc791b894b99a02d14\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/838e48499088ffc183f1d9d73ec9db9c54e807cdf57d252d63f1c0ba99d3a86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/838e48499088ffc183f1d9d73ec9db9c54e807cdf57d252d63f1c0ba99d3a86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"CJS News\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/author\/cjs-news\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot; - CJS News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot; - CJS News","og_description":"People in Wales involved in fly-tipping could face a fixed penalty notice of \u00a3300.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/","og_site_name":"CJS News","article_published_time":"2019-02-19T17:04:42+00:00","author":"CJS News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"CJS News","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/","name":"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot; - CJS News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-02-19T17:04:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/fe447ca5d5fc74cfdb520f35ec9b491c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/ukip-brands-welsh-government-fly-tipping-measure-confused\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UKIP brands Welsh Government fly-tipping measure &quot;confused&quot;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/","name":"CJS News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/fe447ca5d5fc74cfdb520f35ec9b491c","name":"CJS News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fd946afebac766cc791b894b99a02d14","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/838e48499088ffc183f1d9d73ec9db9c54e807cdf57d252d63f1c0ba99d3a86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/838e48499088ffc183f1d9d73ec9db9c54e807cdf57d252d63f1c0ba99d3a86a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"CJS News"},"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/author\/cjs-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22924"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}