Cabinet approves £23,000 extra for dog waste services

At a recent Cabinet meeting, the ruling Labour group at HBC agreed to spend an extra £23,000 on dog waste services across the borough. This extra money will be funded by increasing the savings target on the Corporate Vacancy Management by the same amount.

Cllr Ken Moss, who has pushed a campaign to try and address dog fouling, welcomed the news at Full Council and said, 'This has been a topic close to my heart since I was first elected to the Council and it is by far the biggest social problem that I receive complaints about. With help from information from residents we have managed to increase fines by a significant percentage but there are still thoughtless dog owners out there and I am grateful to the Cabinet for allocating extra funding to help to tackle the situation.'